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Re: Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF

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Post by dfajgljsldkjag »

smnrchrds wrote: post #30

First of all, thank you for making this. I used it in my recent job search and it was fantastic. Second, if I may make a request, could you please follow SemVer? I tried rendering my resume again last week, only 3 or 4 months after having made it originally with RenderCV version 2 point something I cannot recall, and it would not work. The design schema and perhaps also the CLI options have changes so much that I exp…

The author discovered AI coding 2 weeks ago and completely went to town on the entire project. If you use any version before this (2.2) it will probably work fine.

https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/commit/5cc5fbdf9ec1a742...

Re: Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF

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Post by sinaatalay »

smnrchrds wrote: post #30

First of all, thank you for making this. I used it in my recent job search and it was fantastic. Second, if I may make a request, could you please follow SemVer? I tried rendering my resume again last week, only 3 or 4 months after having made it originally with RenderCV version 2 point something I cannot recall, and it would not work. The design schema and perhaps also the CLI options have changes so much that I exp…

Thank you so much for the kind words, and I'm sorry for the trouble the changes caused you.

To give some context: I hadn't worked on RenderCV for about six months, and when I came back, I had grown technically and my design taste had changed. I decided to do a significant overhaul rather than preserve backwards compatibility. It felt necessary to maintain my enthusiasm for this project long-term.

You're right about semantic versioning. I used a two-number scheme (MAJOR.MINOR) back in 2023 when I didn't know much about releasing software. By the time I understood the benefits of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, I didn't want to change it mid-stream. I'm planning to switch after v3. It will give me more flexibility to tag updates appropriately.

I'm also adding migration documentation to my list. You're right that I should have done this. Going forward, there will be clear migration guides.

Regarding the Markdown issue where sections show only titles, that sounds like a bug. If you could open an issue with details, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you for using RenderCV!

Re: Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF

#33

Post by sinaatalay »

dfajgljsldkjag wrote: post #31
smnrchrds wrote: post #30

First of all, thank you for making this. I used it in my recent job search and it was fantastic. Second, if I may make a request, could you please follow SemVer? I tried rendering my resume again last week, only 3 or 4 months after having made it originally with RenderCV version 2 point something I cannot recall, and it would not work. The design schema and perhaps also the CLI options have changes so much that I exp…

The author discovered AI coding 2 weeks ago and completely went to town on the entire project. If you use any version before this (2.2) it will probably work fine. https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/commit/5cc5fbdf9ec1a742...

Just to clarify, that commit was the result of about a month of careful development, and involved significant manual effort beyond AI coding.

See the PR: https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/pull/528

Re: Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF

#34

Post by sinaatalay »

dfajgljsldkjag wrote: post #16

This is clearly a real project that was built over several years with human effort (not vibe coded). Which makes it all the more depressing that the author decided to take a massive dump over the entire README.md with AI slop. Sadly, it appears the project was heavily sloppified a mere 2 weeks ago: https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/commit/5cc5fbdf9ec1a742...

You're absolutely right!

Re: Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF

#35

Post by zpusmani »

sinaatalay wrote: post #28
zpusmani wrote: post #27

I really love tools that treat documents as code. I have been trying to move my workflows away from binary formats (like PPT & Word) to text based ones I can more easily version control. Does this support custom CSS for the layout or is it bound to the YAML templates?

It’s completely flexible. However, it's not done through CSS. We use Typst to generate PDFs, and we template Typst files using Jinja2 from YAML. You can override the built-in Typst templates; see the guide here: https://docs.rendercv.com/user_guide/how_to/override_default...

Ah makes sense, using Typst under the hood for strict layout control compared to CSS. Thanks for the link to the override guide and I'll check it out.

Re: Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF

#36

Post by NewsaHackO »

sinaatalay wrote: post #13
NewsaHackO wrote: post #11

Wish I had seen this before making my resume in latex. One question, though to add publications, is it possible to use bibtex, or do you have to manually convert each publication to YAML?

Yes, unfortunately, you will need to convert them to YAML. I think an LLM can easily do that for you, though. This has been requested before, but we haven’t implemented it in order to keep our schema robust and simple. Maybe we should add it.

OK, thanks. I don't have a lot of publications or anything, so for me it wouldn't be too much of an issue, but in certain fields I thought a CV was mostly publications/citations.

Re: Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF

#37

Post by 8n4vidtmkvmk »

mkozak wrote: post #19
Cloudly wrote: post #14

I have been through a huge over supply of AI generated CVs using similar tools this year. I am sure this will help people so not bashing the tool per se, but bare in mind that you will be joining the robots. I don't know what the solution really is, but as much as I hate it, a verified Linkedin Profile is a huge signal now. Otherwise a real personal site with care and history. I am guilty of being bad with the second…

AI generated (and quite often fake) CVs are a fucking joke. I've spent many hours over the last 2 years going through the pile of them

I wonder what the benefit is.. there's only room on a CV for maybe 2 sentences per job. Surely we can type that out by hand and mind

Re: Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF

#39

Post by netbioserror »

scelerat wrote: post #38

I just re-did my resume last week using Typst, and the experience had me contemplating building some kind of generator as well! Anyway, I really enjoy using Typst.

I was going to say. This is pretty easily achievable with a Typst template and script, which can even parse YAML.
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