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Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by AmruthPillai » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 3:09 PM UTC

chrismorgan wrote: post #25

AmruthPillai wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, that's weird. I had stress-tested the color options as much as I could. Even now, when I enter gibberish in the text field, it just doesn't do anything as the CSS is invalid. No reason the app should crash. But anyway, I'll try to add some validation across the app so that this doesn't happen again. For now, to fix any issues at all, you only need to clear your local storage of the site. Here's how you can clear…

Still hitting problems. I enter some details, pick what I think is the third theme, choose a shade of orange, then in the accent colour field press backspace, and it dies. TypeError: "can't access property "r", r is null" ye Gengar.js:7 React 7 unstable_runWithPriority scheduler.production.min.js:19 React 9 unstable_runWithPriority scheduler.production.min.js:19 React 18 251 index.js:20 i (index):1 70 main.f5214b72.c…

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation on how to recreate the bug. I found it and squashed it, the new version should be up soon. Sorry for the inconvenience, hope the app works fine for you now :)

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by AmruthPillai » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 3:17 PM UTC

dbattaglia wrote: post #29

Really love this, nice job! Curious, do you have any interest in having the ability to import/export from the various cloud storage vendors (Dropbox, GDrive, possibly even Github Gist), or do you feel like it would go against the offline/"no servers" theme of the app?

It kinda touches on the border of not being offline, I don't know. A user would be able to just as easily upload the JSON to their respective Cloud Storage Provider, it would be a pain to support all of the major ones since there are so many.

Maybe when there's a clear need of one or more cloud services, this could be explored?

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by dbattaglia » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 3:42 PM UTC

AmruthPillai wrote: post #32

dbattaglia wrote: post #29

Really love this, nice job! Curious, do you have any interest in having the ability to import/export from the various cloud storage vendors (Dropbox, GDrive, possibly even Github Gist), or do you feel like it would go against the offline/"no servers" theme of the app?

It kinda touches on the border of not being offline, I don't know. A user would be able to just as easily upload the JSON to their respective Cloud Storage Provider, it would be a pain to support all of the major ones since there are so many. Maybe when there's a clear need of one or more cloud services, this could be explored?

Right, I was thinking the same thing, that you can easily just upload the file. The reason I thought of it is I showed this to my wife (who absolutely loves this btw!) and she immediately seemed confused when I explained the need to export the file. I've since convinced her but I wonder if this will not be obvious to those without a techie showing them?

Anyways if you are interested in adding this feel free to give me a ping I'd be happy to help! daniels.bytes at the google (daniel-bytes on Github). Again amazing job on this! <3

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by rohan1024 » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 3:44 PM UTC

AmruthPillai wrote: post #22

rohan1024 wrote: post #21

Really good project. The only issue that I am facing is entire resume is messed up while printing it from Firefox. Everything else is perfect!

Oh, yeah. I just noticed that. I guess that's an issue with Firefox's parsing of print CSS. Really unfortunate for them to not adhere to so many print CSS rules, considering Mozilla is pretty good when it comes to adopting new web technologies. Sadly, I can't suggest any fix except using Safari or Chrome for now. I will look into what can be done to fix the issues regarding Firefox soon. Thank you for bringing this t…

I tried in Chrome as well and the same thing happens. I actually created 2 page spanning resume and it does not print properly.

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by dominotw » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 3:52 PM UTC

edent wrote: post #16

This is a great app! But it is so weird seeing photos on a CV. In the UK it is almost totally unheard of. And most large organisations will have an HR department which would blank them out. Your CV is for judging your work history and experience. What can I learn from a photo that I would legally be able to take a decision about?

I think it has something to do with "bio data" format that govt uses in India.

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by crabasa » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 4:18 PM UTC

I am working on a "post-resume" product that helps developers express their skills, interests and preferences in a way that seeks to better connect devs to opportunities and eliminate the repetitive and low value questions in most phone screens.

It's very alpha, but I'd love to hear what folks think. Here's an example profile:

https://fizbuz.com/u/elginskye

I plan to ship a public GraphQL API that makes your data available for any use you can imagine, including generating a "standard" resume or building a personal website.

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by willio58 » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 4:33 PM UTC

AmruthPillai wrote: post #22

rohan1024 wrote: post #21

Really good project. The only issue that I am facing is entire resume is messed up while printing it from Firefox. Everything else is perfect!

Oh, yeah. I just noticed that. I guess that's an issue with Firefox's parsing of print CSS. Really unfortunate for them to not adhere to so many print CSS rules, considering Mozilla is pretty good when it comes to adopting new web technologies. Sadly, I can't suggest any fix except using Safari or Chrome for now. I will look into what can be done to fix the issues regarding Firefox soon. Thank you for bringing this t…

At my work we’ve run into a similar issue with inconsistencies with print styles. To solve this we used a separate server with a library to convert the doc to a pdf, then gave that file to the user for printing. This may be overkill for this use case but it’s an option to look at.

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by vs2 » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 4:55 PM UTC

AmruthPillai wrote: post #19

ducaale wrote: post #15

There is also https://resumake.io/ which generates resume as a latex document. Github repo https://github.com/saadq/resumake.io

Wow, I did not know about this one. And it's pretty amazing, both design-wise and functionality-wise. Kinda makes mine seem pretty boring :D Kudos to the developer :)

yours is super awesome!

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by city41 » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 5:30 PM UTC

This is really great! It's easy to use, intuitive, and overall just really well done.

Small heads up, there are many dead scrollbars: https://i.imgur.com/FImuHVn.png

If you are developing on OSX, I recommend turning on scrollbars to make detecting dead scrollbars easier.

Re: Show HN: RxResume – A free and open-source resume builder

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Post by vijaybritto » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 5:32 PM UTC

AmruthPillai wrote: post #18

edent wrote: post #16

This is a great app! But it is so weird seeing photos on a CV. In the UK it is almost totally unheard of. And most large organisations will have an HR department which would blank them out. Your CV is for judging your work history and experience. What can I learn from a photo that I would legally be able to take a decision about?

Photographs on a Resume, I've heard is a standard in the EU. That's what I was told when I was applying to Jobs in Germany. And it's pretty common here in India as well. But I completely understand where you are coming from. Photos can cause bias in the hiring process and it's certainly debatable. That's why I've provided the option to either add an image or not have one, and designed the templates especially to fit…

Also the address can be used to harass or stalk women. My friend had her address in her resume and uploaded it to naukri.com. Some random guy showed up at her doorstep claiming that he had a job for her. They called the police immediately and he ran away. It was crazy and tools like this can add a note about the potential security implications.