1 week of building in public.
What I learned:
Users care more about the ATS score than the resume builder.
The aha moment is seeing a low score, not the finished resume.
Following the data.
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Why your cover letter gets ignored:
You write about yourself.
Recruiters want to know what you'll do for them.
Start with their problem. Then show how you solve it.
That shift alone doubles your response rate.
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Job seekers, honest question:
What is the hardest part of your job search right now?
A. Writing a resume that work
B. Cover letters
C. Hearing nothing back
D. Tracking applications
Drop your answer below.
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@rivestack This is the kind of advice nobody gives you until it's too late. For me it's probably the AI provider dependency. Everything else is swappable. But if Claude API pricing shifts or the model behaviour changes, that touches the core product.
@iamicepick honest answer, the thing you ship in 3 months is rarely the thing that hurts in year 2. ask yourself which piece will be most painful to swap, that's usually the one to think hardest about
Built and shipped a full SaaS solo in 3 months while working a 9-5.
Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, Prisma, Claude AI, Dodopayments, Vercel, AWS EC2.
What would you have done differently with this stack?
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5 reasons you're not hearing back after applying:
1. Resume not ATS optimized
2. Missing keywords from job description
3. Wrong formatting
4. No quantified achievements
5. Generic summary
Fix these first.
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@bigfandotpro IceSume, an AI career OS for job seekers. Resume builder, ATS checker, cover letter generator and job tracker, all in one place.
Constraints build character and products.
Built a free ATS checker into IceSume.
No signup. No email. Just paste your resume and get a score in seconds.
Because you deserve feedback before you apply, not after silence.
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@KaiXCreator Yes. An AI career OS for job seekers.
Most resumes get filtered by ATS before a human ever reads them. IceSume fixes that.
Resume builder, ATS checker, cover letter generator, job tracker. All in one place.
Free to start: icesume.com
@jaick_pp Distribution, 100%. The product is solid. Getting the right people to see it is the real work right now. Creator partnerships and building in public is the current bet. Early signs are good.
@iamicepick Full-time job by day, building by night from Lagos — that's the real commitment. PH launch day has a specific kind of nervous energy to it. Congrats on shipping IceSume. What's the biggest bottleneck right now — distribution or product?
Solo founder. Lagos. Full time job by day, building products by night.
Just launched IceSume on Product Hunt today and the response has been humbling.
This account is going to document everything. The wins, the mistakes, the late nights, and whatever comes next.
Follow 4 updates.
What building IceSume actually looked like:
Squeezing in commits between work tasks
Designing features during slow afternoons
Deploying at midnight after a long day
No co-founder. No funding. No office.
Just a problem worth solving.
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