Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago, while applying for jobs, I ran into the ultimate modern struggle—matching my resume with job descriptions across portals. The routine was painful: copy resume → paste in ChatGPT/Gemini → copy JD → paste again → hunt for missing skills → pray to the ATS gods → rewrite resume → repeat.
All this effort just to impress a robot that doesn’t even like me. 🙂
Eventually I snapped (in a productive way) and thought, “Why not build a Chrome extension that reads the JD, reads my resume, and instantly spits out a shiny, ATS-friendly resume—no begging, no tears?”
So that’s exactly what I'm building. And let me tell you… although I called it a “simple” extension, there is absolutely nothing simple about it. 🥲
But hey, the frontend is ready, and the chaos has officially begun.
I’ll be sharing my daily struggles here—whether they’re useful, relatable, or just mildly entertaining.
Also, this is my first post here, so if I overshare, go off-topic, or accidentally trauma-dump about ATS systems… please forgive me. 😄
Top comments (1)
That's a fantastic idea! Seriously, you're solving a major headache for everyone looking for a job right now. That whole copy-paste-tweak-and-pray routine is the absolute worst, and I completely get why you decided to just build the solution yourself.
It's always the "simple" projects that end up being the most complicated, but the end result here is going to be so valuable. Good on you for tackling the chaos! I'm definitely following along for the development struggles and the eventual win.