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Hey everyone!
I’m building Self, a platform that turns your CV into a personal website in under a minute. You upload your CV, and Self creates a shareable profile with your experience, education, skills, projects, and other professional information.
While working on it, I realized that the same structured information could also be used to solve another frustrating problem: repeatedly entering the same details into job application forms.
So I built a Chrome extension called Resume Autofill for Job Applications.
The extension connects to your existing Self page and automatically fills in application fields such as your contact information, work experience, education, skills, and links. It can also generate answers for open-ended questions like: “What kind of team environment helps you do your best work?”, “Why are you interested in this role?” …and all the other HR questions we know and love.
The goal is to make applying faster without requiring users to manually set up another profile or re-enter information they have already provided.
I’d really appreciate feedback, especially on:
Cheers and thanks!
Hi folks,
A couple of months ago, I launched Self, a tool that turns a CV or resume into a personal website in under a minute.
You can upload a PDF, text file, image, or LinkedIn profile, and Self extracts the information, builds the website, and publishes it on a self.cv subdomain.
There are already plenty of ways to build a personal website, but they usually involve choosing a template, copying everything manually, and making lots of design decisions. I built Self to make the whole process simpler and more automatic.
The generated websites can also include images in the projects section, so it can work well for designers, architects, and other people in visual fields, as well as anyone who just wants a clean online version of their CV.
There’s a free plan, and you can keep your website online for free.
I’d really appreciate any feedback, especially on the onboarding experience and the websites it generates.
Cheers!
Hi everyone, I’m the founder of Self, a tool that turns your CV into a personal & professional website.
I started working on it because building a personal site often feels like more effort than it should. Most people already have their experience, education, projects and skills written down in a CV, but they still have to choose a website builder, copy everything over, arrange the sections and make the site look good on mobile.
With Self, you can upload your CV as a PDF, image, or text file, or even import it from LinkedIn. Self uses this information to create a responsive website that you can edit and publish. You can change the text, layout, and design, and add visual project sections if you work in a creative field where your work is best showcased through images.
I recently changed the product from a seven-day trial to a permanent free plan. The original trial felt too restrictive because people could not properly use or share their website before deciding whether they wanted to pay. The free plan now includes one published website on a self.cv subdomain, with no time limit.
There is also a Pro plan for people who want to use a custom domain, access more design options, view analytics, control SEO settings and use AI-assisted editing. My goal is to keep the basic version genuinely useful while charging for the features that are more valuable to professionals who want greater control.
Self is intentionally more focused than a general website builder. It is for people who want a professional website without having to design and build one from scratch.
I would really appreciate any feedback on the idea, the onboarding experience, the generated websites or the free and paid plans. You can try it as a guest, without creating an account 😎
Cheers!
Hey folks,
A couple of months ago, I launched Self, a tool that turns a CV or resume into a personal website in under a minute. You can upload a PDF, text file, image, or LinkedIn profile, and Self extracts the information and publishes the site on a self.cv subdomain.
You can already create something similar with tools like Canva or a website builder, but you still need to spend time choosing a layout, copying everything manually, and making design decisions. That can be tedious, and the result often depends on how comfortable you are with design. I built Self to make that process much simpler and more automatic.
The websites also support images in the projects section, so the product can work for people in visual fields such as design and architecture, as well as professionals who mainly want a clean online version of their CV.
There is a free plan, so anyone can create a website and keep it online forever. I would appreciate any feedback on the product, especially the onboarding process and the websites it generates.
Cheers!
Hey folks,
A couple of months ago, I launched Self, a tool that turns a CV or resume into a personal website in under a minute. The idea came from seeing how much unnecessary work still goes into creating a basic professional website. Most people already have the information they need in their CV, so I wanted to build something that could take that existing document and turn it into a site without asking users to rewrite everything manually or spend time setting up pages.
Users can upload almost any format, including a PDF, text, an image, or a LinkedIn profile, and the site is published on a self.cv subdomain. The websites also support images in the projects section, so Self can work for professionals such as software engineers and lawyers, as well as people in more visual fields such as design and architecture.
I originally launched Self with a premium model and a seven-day trial. Users could try all the features, but their website would go offline after the trial unless they subscribed. I promoted it in a few forums and offered lifetime Pro access to early users. One Spanish forum worked particularly well and brought in around 200 users, which was the first time I felt that the product was starting to resonate with a real audience.
The feedback was very positive, but I was still struggling with distribution and getting the product to grow consistently. I also started to question whether taking a website offline after seven days was the right approach, especially for a product where the main value comes from having something published and available over time.
Because of that, I recently moved Self to a freemium model. Anyone can now create and publish a website, keep it online indefinitely, and access useful free features such as social sharing cards. At the same time, I expanded the Pro plan with custom domains, analytics, SEO and metadata controls, and additional customization options.
I am now trying to find the right balance between making the free version useful enough that people genuinely want to use and share it, while keeping enough value in Pro for the product to become sustainable. That has probably been the hardest part so far, since I do not want the free plan to feel artificially limited, but I also need the paid plan to solve real problems for people who want more control over their site.
It would be great to hear what you think about the product and the new pricing model, especially whether the split between free and Pro feels reasonable.
Cheers!
