resume &mdash; Build stuff; Break stuff; Have fun! https://barfooz.xyz/tag:resume barfooz.xyz Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:05:39 +0000 https://i.snap.as/btoNrLSF.png resume &mdash; Build stuff; Break stuff; Have fun! https://barfooz.xyz/tag:resume Resume-Project updates https://barfooz.xyz/resume-project-updates?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[I wrote this post nearly 3 months ago, and it feels like I got 3 years older since then. Strange that I never published it. Now with a much more profound understanding of AI and much, much better models, the changes I made here would have been done in minutes. I guess. 😅 !--more-- The Resume-Project: https://github.com/danbruegge/resume I have never written about it. This is one of my projects that had a low priority in the past and doesn’t get the love it deserves. But eventually, this is one that saves me a lot of work, and I need to adjust only a JSON entry after I’m done with a client. Changes Completed ✅ Outputs docx format, besides pdf. I got the question from recruiters a lot if I could provide a docx file instead of a pdf. After a lot of back and forth with some tools, I finally found a suitable solution. PDF export is working again, now with Puppeteer. wkhtmltopdf got deprecated. It wasn’t installable via Homebrew anymore. Now there is a modern solution where also the PDF looks better; wkhtmltopdf had problems rendering modern CSS. Update to Next.js v15.5. Update to Tailwind v4. Planned 🏗️ Design update. Update ESLint to v9. General update of all other applications. Completing the HTML to DOCX conversion is a massive milestone for me. One that I thought would never be done. Because I did not see the use for it AND .docx is a shitty format. 🙃 I should invest more time in it. But if the clients provide long contracts, the need is not so high, so I constantly forget about it. --- 92 of #100DaysToOffload #log #dev #resume Thoughts? a href="https://remark.as/p/barfooz.xyz/resume-project-updates"Discuss.../a]]> I wrote this post nearly 3 months ago, and it feels like I got 3 years older since then. Strange that I never published it.

Now with a much more profound understanding of AI and much, much better models, the changes I made here would have been done in minutes. I guess. 😅

The Resume-Project: https://github.com/danbruegge/resume

I have never written about it. This is one of my projects that had a low priority in the past and doesn’t get the love it deserves. But eventually, this is one that saves me a lot of work, and I need to adjust only a JSON entry after I’m done with a client.

Changes

Completed ✅

  1. Outputs docx format, besides pdf.
    • I got the question from recruiters a lot if I could provide a docx file instead of a pdf.
    • After a lot of back and forth with some tools, I finally found a suitable solution.
  2. PDF export is working again, now with Puppeteer.
    • wkhtmltopdf got deprecated.
    • It wasn’t installable via Homebrew anymore.
    • Now there is a modern solution where also the PDF looks better; wkhtmltopdf had problems rendering modern CSS.
  3. Update to Next.js v15.5.
  4. Update to Tailwind v4.

Planned 🏗️

  • Design update.
  • Update ESLint to v9.
  • General update of all other applications.

Completing the HTML to DOCX conversion is a massive milestone for me. One that I thought would never be done. Because I did not see the use for it AND .docx is a shitty format. 🙃

I should invest more time in it. But if the clients provide long contracts, the need is not so high, so I constantly forget about it.

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Thoughts? Discuss...

]]> https://barfooz.xyz/resume-project-updates Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:30:36 +0000 Updates for my resume app https://barfooz.xyz/updates-for-my-resume-app?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[https://github.com/danbruegge/resume This is one of my projects that has a low priority and doesn’t get the love it deserves. But in the end, this is one what saves me a lot of work and I need to adjust only a JSON entry after I’m done with a client. !--more-- Done ✅ outputs docx format, besides pdf got the question from recruiters a lot, if I could provide a docx file instead of a pdf after a lot of back and forth with some tools, I finally found a good solution pdf export working again, now with puppeteer wkhtmltopdf got deprecated it wasn’t installable via homebrew anymore now there is a modern solution where also the pdf looks better, wkhtmltopdf had problems rendering modern css update to nextjs v15.5 Planned 🏗️ update tailwind to v4 design update update eslint to v9 general update of all other applications Completing the html to docx conversion is a huge milestone for me. One that I tought will never be done. Because I did not saw the use for it AND docx is a shitty format. 🙃 --- 40 of #100DaysToOffload #log #dev #resume Thoughts? a href="https://remark.as/p/barfooz.xyz/updates-for-my-resume-app"Discuss.../a]]> https://github.com/danbruegge/resume

This is one of my projects that has a low priority and doesn’t get the love it deserves. But in the end, this is one what saves me a lot of work and I need to adjust only a JSON entry after I’m done with a client.

Done ✅

  1. outputs docx format, besides pdf
    • got the question from recruiters a lot, if I could provide a docx file instead of a pdf
    • after a lot of back and forth with some tools, I finally found a good solution
  2. pdf export working again, now with puppeteer
    • wkhtmltopdf got deprecated
    • it wasn’t installable via homebrew anymore
    • now there is a modern solution where also the pdf looks better, wkhtmltopdf had problems rendering modern css
  3. update to nextjs v15.5

Planned 🏗️

  • update tailwind to v4
  • design update
  • update eslint to v9
  • general update of all other applications

Completing the html to docx conversion is a huge milestone for me. One that I tought will never be done. Because I did not saw the use for it AND docx is a shitty format. 🙃

40 of #100DaysToOffload
#log #dev #resume
Thoughts? Discuss...

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