Building InboxHelm: A Smarter Way to Track Your Job Apps and Receipts

Sehmim Haque — Sat, 31 May 2025 05:02:59 +0000

A few months ago, I was deep in the job hunt — sending out applications left and right.

At first, I thought I was staying organized. But pretty quickly, things got messy.

Emails got buried.

I forgot which companies replied.

And yeah, I definitely applied to the same role more than once.

That’s when I decided to build InboxHelm — a simple way to organize job apps and receipts, straight from your inbox.

What It Does

InboxHelm connects to Gmail (read-only), and automatically pulls in useful stuff like:

Job Applications – grouped by company, with status tags like applied, interviewed, ghosted, and rejected
Receipts – easy to browse, export, and track for budgeting or taxes

No manual labels. No digging through threads. Just clarity.

Why I’m Building This

I’m building InboxHelm solo — from my place in Montréal — because I needed it myself.

It’s built with Firebase, React, and way too much coffee.

Right now:

It works great with Gmail
Job tracking is live
Receipt tracking is in early testing
I'm waiting on Google to verify the app (so yeah, there's that unverified app screen for now)

Try It Out

If your inbox is your second brain — and it’s a bit of a mess — InboxHelm might help.

👉 Check it out here

This is an early build, so I’m welcoming feedback, bug reports, or feature ideas.

Thanks for reading — and if you're job hunting right now, good luck out there.

– Sehmim Haque (from Montréal) 🇨🇦
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehmim/

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Building InboxHelm: A Smarter Way to Track Your Job Apps and Receipts

What It Does

Why I’m Building This

Try It Out