I rebuilt CareerAutomata's UI — here's what I changed and why

I've been running CareerAutomata for a while now — a tool that lets job seekers search directly from company ATS systems instead of job boards. The core product worked. The UI did not. The Problem The old layout tried to do too much at once. Wide job cards, cluttered navigation, a Career Hub that had a Kanban board nobody could actually use. Users were landing, scanning for two seconds, and leaving. Not because the data wasn't there — it was — but because reading it felt like work. What I Built A full UI rebuild focused on one thing: making jobs easy to scan. The job listing view is now a narrower two-column layout. Tighter cards, more jobs visible without scrolling, less visual noise per card. The information hierarchy is cleaner — company name, role, and ATS source are immediately readable. Navigation got compressed into a concise top bar. No more hunting for where things are. The Career Hub is the part I'm now happy with. The Kanban board was technically there before but practically