Babashka-Based CV Builder

My Google Docs CV was becoming difficult to manage. I started with a single document that quickly mushroomed into several, as I had to make it relevant for each position I was applying to. The problem was that whenever I wrote something or found a grammar issue, I had to update it in all the versions, and it was getting a bit messy.

This is the setup I came up with:

I start with a single resume.yaml file, which gives me the feel of a document that I can read "as a human" while still being machine-readable. I chose YAML over other formats like Markdown because it's easier to parse into structured data.

In this resume.yaml file, I can comment out specific parts, making it easier to propagate changes compared to a WYSIWYG editor. Additionally, version control gives me the diff, making it easy to review changes and avoid nasty surprises.

I used this figma template with locofy.ai to generate the markup and Tailwind configuration.

Then I turned the markup into Hiccup and used Babashka tasks as a build tool.

Build

The server needs to be running first:

bb dev

then,

bb builds-everything-once

Check it

bb dev

Then visit localhost:1337

Print to PDF

bb builds-everything-once prints to pdf/resume.pdf using Puppeteer.

Watch

bb watch-everything

Release

RELEASE=TRUE bb builds-everything-once