u/Hexer_Hire

Hey everyone,

I'm Nabeel, a third-year AI & ML diploma student from Kerala, India.

About 2–3 months ago, I started building my first AI SaaS while balancing college. I wasn't trying to build a startup at first—I just wanted to see if I could take an idea all the way to a real, usable product.

That project eventually became **Hexer Hire**, an AI-powered resume builder that creates ATS-friendly resumes through a conversational chat experience instead of making users fill out long forms.

The journey was much harder than I expected.

I spent countless nights debugging backend issues, fixing deployment problems, redesigning the UI, improving the AI-generated resumes, and learning technologies I'd never worked with before. There were days when I'd solve one bug only to wake up and find two more.

I didn't have funding, a team, or a big budget. So I tried to make the most of the resources available to students and indie developers.

My **only out-of-pocket expense was ₹116 for the domain name.**

Everything else was built using free developer resources:

* AWS Activate credits for cloud infrastructure * Vercel's free tier for frontend hosting * Google AI Studio APIs during development * Supabase's free tier for the database and authentication * GitHub Student Developer Pack and other free tools whenever possible

Without those free programs, I honestly don't think I could have launched this while still in college.

The biggest lesson I learned is that shipping a product isn't just about writing code. It's about solving hundreds of small problems, staying consistent, and continuing even when things don't go as planned.

A few days ago, I finally launched the product.

I'm still learning, so I'd really appreciate honest feedback from this community. If you decide to try it, I'd love to know:

* Does the chat experience feel natural? * Is the generated resume actually useful? * What's the first thing you would improve?

I'm not looking for compliments—I genuinely want constructive criticism so I can make it better.

Thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone in communities like this who openly share knowledge. A lot of what I learned came from people willing to help strangers on the internet.

Hey everyone,

I'm Nabeel, a third-year AI & ML diploma student from Kerala, India.

About 2–3 months ago, I started building my first AI SaaS while balancing college. I wasn't trying to build a startup at first—I just wanted to see if I could take an idea all the way to a real, usable product.

That project eventually became Hexer Hire, an AI-powered resume builder that creates ATS-friendly resumes through a conversational chat experience instead of making users fill out long forms.

The journey was much harder than I expected.

I spent countless nights debugging backend issues, fixing deployment problems, redesigning the UI, improving the AI-generated resumes, and learning technologies I'd never worked with before. There were days when I'd solve one bug only to wake up and find two more.

I didn't have funding, a team, or a big budget. So I tried to make the most of the resources available to students and indie developers.

My only out-of-pocket expense was ₹116 for the domain name.

Everything else was built using free developer resources:

• AWS Activate credits for cloud infrastructure
• Vercel's free tier for frontend hosting
• Google AI Studio APIs during development
• Supabase's free tier for the database and authentication
• GitHub Student Developer Pack and other free tools whenever possible

Without those free programs, I honestly don't think I could have launched this while still in college.

The biggest lesson I learned is that shipping a product isn't just about writing code. It's about solving hundreds of small problems, staying consistent, and continuing even when things don't go as planned.

A few days ago, I finally launched the product.

I'm still learning, so I'd really appreciate honest feedback from this community. If you decide to try it, I'd love to know:

• Does the chat experience feel natural?
• Is the generated resume actually useful?
• What's the first thing you would improve?

I'm not looking for compliments—I genuinely want constructive criticism so I can make it better.

Thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone in communities like this who openly share knowledge. A lot of what I learned came from people willing to help strangers on the internet.