I got tired of fake "Free" resume builders extorting job seekers, so I built a real one.

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Hey everyone!

The resume builder market is currently filled with dark patterns. Tools promise a "free" PDF, but then hold your data hostage behind a $15 subscription fee at the very end of the process. When people are unemployed and looking for a job, this is an awful business practice.

I decided to fix this by building ZenResume: a genuinely 100% free, open-access ATS resume builder.

Why I built it (The USPs):

Complete Privacy: It's completely client-side. The PDF generation happens directly in the browser, so user data stays private and secure.
ATS-Compliant: I stripped away all the fancy, unreadable UI columns. It outputs pure, single-column data that recruiter bots can actually parse.
No Traps: No account required, no watermark, no credit card required to download.
I just launched it at: https://resume-builder-swart-sigma-93.vercel.app/

If you have a minute, I would love some feedback on the UI. What features would you need to see to make this your go-to resume tool?