Leon Xue

What’s the simplest product you’ve used that genuinely improved your daily life?

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I’ve been building a smart home product that’s meant to quietly improve people’s lives without adding complexity, which got me thinking…

What’s one simple product (physical or digital) that genuinely made your daily life easier, better, or just a bit more enjoyable?

Maybe it’s a tool that automates something boring.

Maybe it’s a tiny feature that saves you time every morning.

Maybe it’s something you barely think about now, but can’t live without.

I’d love to hear what small things have made a big impact for you — always looking for inspiration.

– Leon

Co-founder @ Intecular

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Nika

I am repeating myself, but I will say it again @TabsMagic

(No, this is not a paid collaboration. This is what you get from me when I find a really useful product for me. I will be yapping around it all year long.) :D

It helps me to manage open tabs (so I do not have to have them open).

Leon Xue

@busmark_w_nika I really need to look into this, I've been dealing with tab clutter for ages now 😆

Nika

@leonxue1 You are almost like me before using TabsMagic :D

Marzhana

Called TripWay product that my friend built a couple of months ago as an indie project, and damn, so easy to use and so easy to plan the trips now, and no need to use Notion anymore for all of your trips! I also love HabitKit, which is incredibly easy to use and aesthetically pleasing for tracking your daily habits.

Leon Xue

@magical_marzhana Thank you for sharing! I'm a frequent traveler so always looking for tools to help me reduce the planning headache.

Aaron O'Leary

@Xnapper definitely. it's mind-blowingly simple. take a screenshot and it puts a background behind it but that amount of times its come in clutch for me when i need some quick assets is wild

Leon Xue

@aaronoleary That's super interesting. In a week, it could save hours of my time spent in Canva!

vivek sharma

For me, it was a client feature that let users auto-save payment settings without extra prompts tiny detail, but it shaved a few seconds every time and made the whole flow feel smoother. It's wild how the quiet tweaks often have the loudest impact over time.

Suvam Deo

It might sound basic, but for me ,it's alarms and reminders.

Not for waking up. Not for drinking water.

They’re my daily scaffolding:

Writing blocks. Work sprints. Thinking time. Calls. Even breaks.

Every ping is a pre-set intention -helping me stay on track, avoid drift, and actually get things done.

It’s not about managing time.

It’s about managing focus.

And the simplest tools often do that best.

Charu Chaturvedi
I've been loving NotionMail lately! As someone who dies a little inside every time I open my inbox and see hundreds of promo emails with zero energy to deal with them, this app has honestly been a lifesaver :,)
Ben Guthrie

Got a mini-split in the bedroom. At night, shut off the rest of the house's thermostat, and sleep 7 degrees colder, and 80% more cheaply than we were before.

Leon Xue

@benguthrie Oh wow, I need to check this out!

Ran

Keyboard shortcuts in Notion and Slack. It seems small, but when you navigate with limited motor ability (or are just faster on keys) it makes the difference between frustration and flow. I wish more tools put this kind of thought into accessibility.