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Sehmim Haque
Sehmim Haque

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

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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Great