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Show HN: latexresu.me – A LaTeX Resume Generator (latexresu.me)
28 points by saadq 3311 days ago
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saadq 3311 days ago
Hey all! latexresu.me is a website for generating LaTeX resumes easily.

Basically, you just choose a template, fill in as much (or as little) info as you want, and click "Preview Resume" at any point to see your current generated PDF. You can switch your template on the fly at any point and once you're happy with your results you can download the PDF or the generated LaTeX source code. Please let me know what you guys think!

Source Code: https://github.com/saadq/latexresu.me

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theknarf 3310 days ago
I love the idea, however:

- Dark colors on black don't work that well, just makes the UI-text hard to read. Couldn't you add some more contrast? Or even better, switch to a white background and just use black text.

- I'd also love to see some more appealing templates. I recognize the templates you have from open source Latex CV templates, too bad I don't think any of them looks very good.

- Would be nice if I could sign in with LinkedIn and have it import my data.

Great idea, looking forward to seeing it improve.

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saadq 3310 days ago
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll try to improve the contrast. As you mentioned, most of the templates I chose were the popular ones from sites like ShareLaTeX and Overleaf. I am happy ot add more templates, if someone were to open a "Template Request" issue on the repo.

And yeah, I was hoping to add import/export to json as well as an "import from LinkedIn" functionality.

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ishu3101 3310 days ago
Nice work. Should also add sections for summary, languages, & interests.

Any plans to add an option to import/export your resume to jsonresume format (https://jsonresume.org/).

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saadq 3310 days ago
Thanks! I was definitely planning on adding an import/export feature so that you don't have to keep starting from scratch, so I can try to see if I can make it compatible with jsonresume too.
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paultopia 3309 days ago
At least on iOS (mobile safari) attempting to download the source of a generated resume produces a binary blob of some kind, rather than anything that looks like Tex... (maybe I'll go file this as an issue...)
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amitmerchant 3311 days ago
Looks nice!
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bbcbasic 3311 days ago
Can't get past template page on mobile. Android chrome.
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saadq 3310 days ago
Hmm, maybe it isn't completely intuitive. You actually need to click on the menu at the top right to navigate between sections on mobile.
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bbcbasic 3310 days ago
Oh that's a very odd UX. I'd suggest at least a previous next button on each page. But keep the menu for global navigation.

Nice site.

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saadq 3310 days ago
Yep, that's a good idea. And thanks!
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