AI resume builder

Generate 

An AI-powered resume builder and career coach. Users write, rewrite and preview their resume live, generate cover letters and interview prep, and export in one click.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Prisma
  • PostgreSQL
  • Clerk
  • Gemini
  • Inngest
Year
2025–26
Role
Full stack development
Team
Solo product
Generate — Dashboard
Generate — mobile

(01)The challenge

People struggle to write strong resume content and format it for applicant tracking systems. The AI behind it has to stay fast and affordable — and must never break the flow when a provider fails.

(02)The solution

Next.js Server Actions with Google Gemini for generation, prompt-hashed caching to cut repeat AI cost, hand-written fallbacks so an AI error never blocks the user, and Inngest jobs that refresh industry insights weekly.

(03)Features

What it does.

01

AI content generation

Summaries, skills and experience bullets written with AI help.

02

Live preview

Every edit appears instantly, with template switching.

03

ATS-friendly templates

Modern templates designed to parse cleanly.

04

One-click export

Download a finished resume ready to send.

(04)Screens

A closer look.

Generate — Templates
Templates
Generate — Resume builder
Resume builder
Generate — AI content generator
AI content generator
Generate — Preview & export
Preview & export

(05)Process

How it came together.

01

Discover

Understanding the goal: people struggle to write strong resume content and format it for applicant tracking systems.

02

Design

Structure, key screens and the look agreed before any code was written.

03

Build

Developed with Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS — fast, responsive and maintainable.

04

Launch

Tested on real phones and desktops, then deployed to production.

05

Improve

Fixes, refinements and new features based on how people actually use it.

(06)Under the hood

Highlights

  • ✦Response caching keeps AI costs low on repeat requests
  • ✦Graceful fallbacks — AI outages never break a core flow
  • ✦Google sign-in via Clerk from day one

Architecture

  1. 01Next.js app (Server Actions)
  2. 02Gemini AI layer
  3. 03Inngest background jobs
  4. 04Clerk auth
  5. 05PostgreSQL + Prisma

Services used

Tech stack

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Prisma
  • PostgreSQL
  • Clerk
  • Gemini
  • Inngest

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