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Building a CV Builder With Live Preview and Zero-Backend Persistence

Most resume builders make you sign up before you've even decided if the tool is any good. I wanted the opposite: open a page, start typing, and watch a CV take shape in real time — no account, no paywall.

Building a CV Builder With Live Preview and Zero-Backend Persistence

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Most resume builders make you sign up before you've even decided if the tool is any good.

I wanted the opposite: open a page, start typing, and watch a CV take shape in real time — no account, no paywall.

That became CV Builder — and it's gone through two clear phases.

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Most resume builders make you sign up before you've even decided if the tool is any good. I wanted the opposite: open a page, start typing, and watch a CV take shape in real time — no account, no paywall. That became CV Builder — and it's gone through two clear phases.

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