I built two free resume builders that work in your browser — no login, no paywall

Aditya Jaiswal — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:03:31 +0000

Hey everyone,

I've been building small web tools and decided to tackle something
I personally found frustrating — most resume builders either have
a confusing UI or lock the PDF behind a paywall.

So I built two different approaches and I want to know which one
people actually prefer.

Version 1 — Edit directly on the resume

resume-builder

The resume is already there — you just click any text and edit it
directly. Name, job titles, bullet points, everything. Hit print
and you get a clean PDF. No forms, no steps, just edit and print.

Note: print formatting works best in Firefox right now. Chrome
support is being fixed.

Version 2 — Fill a form, generate resume

resume-maker

More traditional approach. Fill in your details — name, experience,
education, even paste a photo. Click Generate and your resume
appears below ready to print.

What's missing (honestly)

Only one template design each
Can't add extra work experience or education entries yet in resume-builder
Chrome print formatting needs work
No dark mode

What I want to add next

More templates
Better cross-browser print support
More clues to what to write for freshers.

Both are completely free. No signup, no watermark, no paywall.

I'd love to know:

Which version do you prefer and why?
What's the one thing that would make you actually use this over Canva or Resume.io?
Any features you wish existed?

Honest feedback welcome — including if it's terrible.

I stopped practicing and shipped my first paid web template — here's how

Aditya Jaiswal — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:37:21 +0000

The problem

I'd been learning web dev for years but never shipped anything
real. Kept building practice projects that went nowhere.

What I decided to do

Pick one small thing and finish it. A landing page template —
single HTML file, no frameworks, just clean HTML/CSS.

What I built

Sticky frosted glass navbar
Hero section
Pricing cards with featured highlight
Fully responsive using flex-wrap and CSS Grid
No media queries for layout

What I learned building it

Other than technical things like intrinsic responsiveness,
CSS variables, and debugging specificity issues — what I
learned most is that shipping something, even something small,
feels completely different from practice projects. There's a
real sense of crossing a finish line. It's a simple template
but it's giving me motivation to build and ship more.

Where it is now

Listed on Gumroad for $9. Zero sales yet but it's live
and that feels like a real milestone.

https://9141417962536.gumroad.com/l/mbgsih

What's next

Building Template #2.

Also working on a small utility tool — will share once
the prototype is ready.

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