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📣 xrd

Easiest way to maintain a static HTML resume?


I have been building my resume using with tailwindcss and a basic HTML file. It works, but it feels like I am not always getting the prettiest resume and striking output.

I would love to find something that is markdown based, has a dev mode (for hot-reloading), uses tailwindcss, and has a simple build process. I would love to get a flat HTML file at the end that I can host in my static blog directory structure.

Does anyone have suggestion or starter projects they can recommend?

  👤 wryoak Accepted Answer ✓
I use Hugo. All of my jobs are markdown files describing the role, projects and accomplishments. They’re pared down to the header metadata summary, dates, and skills list for showing in the resume view. It’s literally just a blog with CSS formatting it like a resume. Really easy. Well… working with CSS print rules to make elegant PDF views wasn’t super easy but the web view was.

I’ve been meaning to make it a little more robust, with some filtration options so I can more easily tailor the resume output to specific jobs on the fly. Really shouldn’t be hard but jesus am I lazy. That’s why my resume is a blog in the first place.