Show HN: I stopped wasting 5 hours/week replying to emails

1 skyzouw 0 8/5/2025, 11:59:52 AM

As a solo builder, I realized something frustrating: Even with a great product, I was spending a stupid amount of time writing the same types of replies — investor intros, meeting requests, user questions…

Not hard tasks. But repetitive and mentally taxing. It ate my focus.

So I built a tool to solve it for myself: It reads the email, understands the context, and drafts a reply that sounds like me. One click to send. Done.

Now I save hours every week, and my inbox anxiety dropped to zero.

It’s called ReplyFast. ( https://www.replyfast.net/ ) Not perfect, but already useful. Just launched it today — open to feedback or feature ideas if this resonates with anyone.

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Show HN: I stopped wasting 5 hours/week replying to emails

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