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Build an Online Resume with an Auto-Updating PDF Version

56 points by bascodes 4y ago

brianjking 4y ago
This is great, any source repo/files? Thanks!
- bascodes 4y ago
  It's linked in the post: https://github.com/codewithbas/resume https://github.com/codewithbas/resume
  - brianjking 4y ago
    so sorry, totally overlooked the repo link! appreciate you!
  - intelVISA 4y ago
    10 eggs engineer? Damnit, Bas!
prettyStandard 4y ago
Built my https://soft-wa.re/resume https://soft-wa.re/resume with https://jsonresume.org https://jsonresume.org I'm pretty happy with it. It needs some more work, and I would like to do some preprocessing to tailor it based on the job. So maybe if you go to https://soft-wa.re/resume?tech=python https://soft-wa.re/resume?tech=python you get my resume filtered for any python work. I've also been thinking I could host for people. So maybe I host Alices.soft-wa.re/resume or Bobs.soft-wa.re/resume. Any interest in this?
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notpushkin 4y ago
My website's print version is a CV, so you can just print it to a PDF: https://notpushk.in/ https://notpushk.in/ I've also had Netlify generate a PDF of each build using wkhtmltopdf, but there was some issue with fonts which I didn't figure out at the time (it doesn't load them: https://notpushk.in/cv.pdf https://notpushk.in/cv.pdf) and can't had a chance to come back and solve it once and for all.
- doix 4y ago
  You can use chrome with '--headless --print-to-pdf' instead of wkhtmltopdf, it worked better when I last looked into this around 2017-2018. Needed to generate a consistent pdf and couldn't rely on the users browser because they might render slightly differently depending on the browser. Instead I ran a "microservice" that just took html and generated PDF's using chrome, it worked pretty well.
- kroltan 4y ago
  Mine too, very convenient. I use hidden elements to present summaries so the whole thing fits in a page. https://kroltan.me https://kroltan.me
lukew3 4y ago
I have a similar system that solely uses a github actions workflow to build a jsonresume file into a latex pdf. I can make different branches for different roles and have a link that always directs people to the most up to date version of the resume. Plus, anybody can fork it and use it with their own resume without need for extra configuration or services. https://github.com/lukew3/resume https://github.com/lukew3/resume
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geor9e 4y ago
Alternatively, tack `/export?format=pdf` to the end of a google doc. It generates and displays the PDF version on the fly. i.e. https://docs.google.com/document/d/______/export?format=pdf https://docs.google.com/document/d/______/export?format=pdf
tacone 4y ago
I have built something similar for myself, which I'll hopefully publish some day. The stack is YAML, Sveltekit, Puppeteer. Overall YAML makes adding content very easy and I can adapt the schema to suit my needs if I need to.
HTTP418 4y ago
Are these resumes ATS compliant? A problem I have right now is my current resume generating technique does not produce very good ATS compliant resume.
thomasahle 4y ago
I generate my website https://thomasahle.com https://thomasahle.com with a static Jinja template. Whenever I update it, it also generates a new resume and uploads that. Very convenient.

56 points by bascodes 4y ago

brianjking 4y ago

This is great, any source repo/files? Thanks!

bascodes 4y ago
It's linked in the post: https://github.com/codewithbas/resume https://github.com/codewithbas/resume
- brianjking 4y ago
  so sorry, totally overlooked the repo link! appreciate you!
- intelVISA 4y ago
  10 eggs engineer? Damnit, Bas!

prettyStandard 4y ago

Built my https://soft-wa.re/resume https://soft-wa.re/resume with https://jsonresume.org https://jsonresume.org I'm pretty happy with it. It needs some more work, and I would like to do some preprocessing to tailor it based on the job. So maybe if you go to https://soft-wa.re/resume?tech=python https://soft-wa.re/resume?tech=python you get my resume filtered for any python work. I've also been thinking I could host for people. So maybe I host Alices.soft-wa.re/resume or Bobs.soft-wa.re/resume. Any interest in this?

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notpushkin 4y ago

My website's print version is a CV, so you can just print it to a PDF: https://notpushk.in/ https://notpushk.in/ I've also had Netlify generate a PDF of each build using wkhtmltopdf, but there was some issue with fonts which I didn't figure out at the time (it doesn't load them: https://notpushk.in/cv.pdf https://notpushk.in/cv.pdf) and can't had a chance to come back and solve it once and for all.

doix 4y ago
You can use chrome with '--headless --print-to-pdf' instead of wkhtmltopdf, it worked better when I last looked into this around 2017-2018. Needed to generate a consistent pdf and couldn't rely on the users browser because they might render slightly differently depending on the browser. Instead I ran a "microservice" that just took html and generated PDF's using chrome, it worked pretty well.
kroltan 4y ago
Mine too, very convenient. I use hidden elements to present summaries so the whole thing fits in a page. https://kroltan.me https://kroltan.me

lukew3 4y ago

I have a similar system that solely uses a github actions workflow to build a jsonresume file into a latex pdf. I can make different branches for different roles and have a link that always directs people to the most up to date version of the resume. Plus, anybody can fork it and use it with their own resume without need for extra configuration or services. https://github.com/lukew3/resume https://github.com/lukew3/resume

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geor9e 4y ago

Alternatively, tack `/export?format=pdf` to the end of a google doc. It generates and displays the PDF version on the fly. i.e. https://docs.google.com/document/d/______/export?format=pdf https://docs.google.com/document/d/______/export?format=pdf

tacone 4y ago

I have built something similar for myself, which I'll hopefully publish some day. The stack is YAML, Sveltekit, Puppeteer. Overall YAML makes adding content very easy and I can adapt the schema to suit my needs if I need to.

HTTP418 4y ago

Are these resumes ATS compliant? A problem I have right now is my current resume generating technique does not produce very good ATS compliant resume.

thomasahle 4y ago

I generate my website https://thomasahle.com https://thomasahle.com with a static Jinja template. Whenever I update it, it also generates a new resume and uploads that. Very convenient.