resumd

Productivity

resume builder

SHOW HN2019

resumd

I want to write resume in markdown, so I build this tool

github.com

#markdown resume#resume pdf#markdown to pdf#resume themes

16points
9comments
#1,342of 2,195 in 2019
Top 62%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Live preview and theme selection are nice

    From 1 comment
    • nice editor, can see changes live and there's theme selection too see also another discussion here on HN [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20162918
      asicsp on HN

Objections

  • Looks like just another markdown editor with nothing resume-specific

    From 1 comment
    • I don't get it. It's a markdown editor, of which there are a bajillion. I don't see anything that's obviously resume specific about it besides the stuff you happened to type into…
      masukomi on HN

Questions

  • Is the markdown editor built from scratch or based on an existing library?

    From 1 comment
    • I'm also interested in the markdown editor. Is this something you build yourself (based on showdown) ? I also see some codemirror css in there, so it's not clear.
      mihaifm on HN

Alternatives named

  • Pandoc with a resume template

    From 1 comment
    • I did something similar using Pandoc and a dedicated template: https://github.com/john-bokma/resume-pandoc
      jjjbokma on HN
  • md2resume tool (unmaintained)

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks asicsp And actually, there is a more related discussion here[1]. Someone has built a md2resume tool 3 years ago but it is not maintained anymore. It inspired me a lot [1]…
      timqian on HN
  • cv.ftqq.com

    From 1 comment
    • In many cases, I need a PDF version of my resume. But not much markdown editor support the md2pdf process for now. The only web app I find supporting md2pdf is cv.ftqq.com. But…
      timqian on HN

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