json_resume
Productivity
resume generator
SHOW HN2014
187points
49comments
#115of 2,272 in 2014
Top 6%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, professional-looking output
From 2 comments
Nice. I like it. Looks clean and professional. It'd be neat if you could offer themes, too.
Jemaclus on HNVery cool project! The Latex version is based on the awesome modern cv template. If you prefer not to install the massive TeX package on your computer you can use the online apps…
krat0sprakhar on HN
Good idea to write once and convert to many formats
From 3 comments
This is a great idea! I did something similar which stripped the text out of my tex resume, but I like the idea of writing it in the intermediate format and then converting to…
carrigan on HNPretty neat! Might be nice to add YAML as a format too, since it's easier to write by hand than JSON. Might submit a patch at some point soon :)
yuvipanda on HNGreat idea actually. Also, there is https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae which can convert your XML to PDF or Word file. See also…
darkhorn on HN
Objections
JSON is harder to write and read than Markdown or YAML
From 3 comments
I find it interesting how techies rather make a complex generator than just open up an editor, write their resume and be done with the whole thing. Personally I find the JSON…
antonapa on HNI would rather start with markdown than json.
adamwong246 on HNWould be harder to parse than JSON, I'd think. Also much more unambiguous with JSON. I do think writeability would be improved by using YAML, though.
yuvipanda on HN
Templates and layout are too space-consuming or unappealing
From 2 comments
As someone who has read hundreds of resumes filling positions, I've got to admit this is not a great template, IMHO. I don't (and shouldn't) care about a candidate's picture/logo…
twistedpair on HNIt's far from “pretty”. To many fonts, too many symbols, hyphens instead of dashes, …
lelf on HN
Editing an existing resume is awkward in the web UI
From 2 comments
Very slick. The creation process is very nice, but editing an existing account is less straightforward.
alxndr on HNIndeed, it's evolved over time as I've needed more from it but the UX has wound up pretty awful. Adding a personal statement for example involves finding and pressing the…
cantlin on HN
LinkedIn import is broken
From 1 comment
Doesn't work for me.. Can't retrieve data from Linkedin: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'values' of undefined at hackerb.io/users/new:194
spektom on HN
Requests
Support YAML as an input format
From 2 comments
Pretty neat! Might be nice to add YAML as a format too, since it's easier to write by hand than JSON. Might submit a patch at some point soon :)
yuvipanda on HNWould be harder to parse than JSON, I'd think. Also much more unambiguous with JSON. I do think writeability would be improved by using YAML, though.
yuvipanda on HN
Plain text output for pasting into web forms
From 2 comments
This is a great idea! I did something similar which stripped the text out of my tex resume, but I like the idea of writing it in the intermediate format and then converting to…
carrigan on HNI've never heard of an employer requesting a Word document, but a plaintext version would be useful to paste into poorly-designed webforms.
psychometry on HN
Microsoft Word output
From 1 comment
Most jobs still request Microsoft Word resumes. How difficult would it be to support that format?
coldcode on HN
More stack options and themes
From 2 comments
Pretty cool. Just a suggestion, why not display a few more rows for the stack options instead of a single row. It would be pretty neat if I can just click through the stacks that…
faizmokhtar on HNNice. I like it. Looks clean and professional. It'd be neat if you could offer themes, too.
Jemaclus on HN
Questions
How robust is the JSON schema to malformed input
From 1 comment
While this seems like a nice exercise, I wonder how much things would break when the JSON is slightly "off" in terms of the schema, which seems to be very ad-hoc. And with so…
rglullis on HN
Alternatives named
Markdown with Pandoc Makefile
From 1 comment
I also made an attempt to unify my resume in different formats. But I ended up in much simpler, but not so advanced solution. I'm just writing in Markdown and use a Makefile to…
utdemir on HN
Plain LaTeX CV templates such as moderncv
From 2 comments
Very cool project! The Latex version is based on the awesome modern cv template. If you prefer not to install the massive TeX package on your computer you can use the online apps…
krat0sprakhar on HNNice work... Mine only does Latex, has a slightly similar layout... To be honest I don't think that a HTML version of a 2-page, non-interactive resume is needed. And since I know…
cies on HN
bamos/cv YAML to LaTeX and Markdown generator
From 1 comment
Very cool, I have a similar project that reads yaml and produces LaTeX and markdown/HTML: https://github.com/bamos/cv
bdamos on HN
Europass CV XML tooling
From 1 comment
Great idea actually. Also, there is https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae which can convert your XML to PDF or Word file. See also…
darkhorn on HN