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Re:The Overengineered Resume with Zola, JSON Resume, Weasypr... by Ilasky on Thursday July 11, 2024 @10:07AM (#40936989)
I’ve actually made the switch over to Typst[0] for my app [1]. I’ve previously used a quick jinja .tex template that then just pasted things in, but LaTeX can really throw some strange errors and overall handling the files was a hassle.

Typst was much easier to setup and the function-based operation meant that sending variables in was a breeze with better error handling there too. Also, I just grok the syntax a lot better.

Just another option for folks looking to redo their resumes/not use Latex.

[0] https://typst.app

[1] https://resgen.app

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Re:The Overengineered Resume with Zola, JSON Resume, Weasypr... by DEADMINCEDOS on Thursday July 11, 2024 @11:54AM (#40937992)
Typist looks interesting, although I've had no issues with LaTeX so no reason to change to something more niche.
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Re:The Overengineered Resume with Zola, JSON Resume, Weasypr... by datadeft on Thursday July 11, 2024 @01:05PM (#40938570)
Either your are a pro LaTeX user or you did not use the more advanced features.
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Re:The Overengineered Resume with Zola, JSON Resume, Weasypr... by DEADMINCEDOS on Friday July 12, 2024 @08:40AM (#40944994)
Or I just didn't have the issues you or others did. Tex distribution can make a point, also editor most likely.
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Re:The Overengineered Resume with Zola, JSON Resume, Weasypr... by OJFord on Thursday July 11, 2024 @10:36PM (#40942347)
You've never had an underfull hbox?
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Re:The Overengineered Resume with Zola, JSON Resume, Weasypr... by emmanueloga_ on Friday July 12, 2024 @09:47PM (#40951114)
It took me something like 20min to learn the very basics of Typst and generate a PDF of my resume from my machine (Typst is distributed as a single binary). Definitely a lot easier to work with than LaTeX.

I used this package [1] (see also the index [2] for more packages / templates).

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1: https://github.com/talal/pesha

2: https://typst.app/universe/

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