At some point last year I opened my Downloads folder and counted 14 resume files.
resume_final.pdf,resume_final_v2.pdf,resume_REALLY_final.pdf.
resume_frontend_role.pdf.
You know exactly the ones I mean.
Every job wanted something slightly different. One emphasized backend, one wanted "AI experience" front and center, one was for a startup that clearly just wanted vibes. So I kept duplicating the same document and tweaking 10% of it, over and over, until I had no idea which version was the good one.
It felt deeply stupid for someone who automates things for a living.
So I did the developer thing and over-engineered a solution
The core idea was simple: stop maintaining N copies of one resume. Keep one source of truth — your actual experience — and generate role-specific versions from it on demand.
That turned into Prezumi - https://www.prezumi.com/. You build one base profile, then spin up targeted resumes (and full portfolio sites) from it.
An AI customizer helps rewrite wording, reorder sections, and adjust layout for a specific role, and everything publishes either as a shareable link or a clean, ATS-friendly PDF.
What I'd tell past-me
Ship the ugly version sooner. I sat on the "AI should sound human" problem for weeks when I could've shipped, watched real people use it, and learned faster.
Classic.
Anyway — that's me and the thing I'm building. If you've ever rage-duplicated a resume at midnight, you're exactly who I built it for. Happy to talk shop about the AI/backend side too — drop a comment.
You can poke at it here: https://www.prezumi.com/
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