A Python beginner with no web dev experience built and deployed a resume tailoring editor using AI coding agents, demons
I have recently been applying for summer internships and got frustrated when tailoring my resumes in Word. I started learning Python last autumn, but had absolutely zero experience with web development or deploying something to the front/backend. I wanted to experiment with the new coding agents to build a resume editor that would make my application process less painful.
Here it is: www.tailortojob.app
How I built it: A friend helped me set up the initial infrastructure because I struggled to connect everything with Claude alone (newer models might be more helpful; that was 4 months ago). The stack is Vercel, Render, and Supabase. Once the front- and backend were set up, I used agents iteratively over the last 4 months to build the actual application (I have probably spent on average about 10 hours per week, so a total of about 180-200 hours)
My Agent Workflow: High/Low Model Split: What worked best was using larger models (Opus 4.6 has been a game-changer) to brainstorm an implementation plan in Markdown, and then handing that off to smaller models to do the actual coding. I felt this gave me a good balance between performance and costs. I recently started exploring Claude's planning mode, which I am considering using instead of my old approach.
UI Struggles: While Claudeβs newer UI skills are great for quickly building a frontend, I found it often struggled with perfectly aligning hover overlays with other elements on the page (maybe my prompts