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Eshan Roy (eshanized)
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🌟 Introducing My Open-Source Resume: A Step Toward Transparency and Contribution πŸš€

Hello, Dev.to! πŸ‘‹

I’m excited to share my open-source resume project, available on GitHub at eshanized/resume. This project is an attempt to create a personal, transparent, and easily maintainable resume using modern web technologies. πŸŽ‰

Why Open Source? πŸ€”

In an ever-changing tech landscape, your personal brand and resume should be as dynamic and customizable as the tools we use every day. By open-sourcing my resume, I aim to:

  • Promote transparency: Make my career achievements and projects publicly accessible to peers, recruiters, and anyone interested in my work. 🌐
  • Contribute to the community: By providing a template that others can fork, modify, and use for their own resumes. πŸ’‘
  • Showcase my skills: This project serves as a technical demonstration of my proficiency in frontend development with React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, and GitHub Pages. πŸ’»

Features ✨

  • Modern Design: My resume is built with clean, minimal, and responsive design principles using Tailwind CSS. 🎨
  • Personalized: It's not just a static resume β€” it’s a living, breathing document that reflects my professional journey, tech skills, and projects. πŸ“ˆ
  • Customizable: You can fork it and personalize it for your own use, making it an open-source solution for those who want a customizable web-based resume. πŸ”§
  • Accessible: Hosted on GitHub Pages, so it’s accessible anytime, anywhere. 🌍

Technologies Used βš™οΈ

This project utilizes some amazing technologies to ensure that the website is fast, responsive, and easy to maintain:

  • React: A popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces. βš›οΈ
  • Vite: A build tool that significantly improves the development experience with its fast bundling capabilities. ⚑
  • Tailwind CSS: A utility-first CSS framework that makes styling faster and more efficient. πŸ’¨
  • GitHub Pages: For easy hosting of the static site. 🌐

How It Works ⚑

  1. Clone or fork the repository: https://github.com/eshanized/resume
  2. Customize the src/data/resume.json file to reflect your own career information. πŸ“
  3. Run pnpm dev to view your changes locally. 🌱
  4. Deploy your updated resume on GitHub Pages for free. 🌍

Roadmap πŸ›£οΈ

Here are a few features I’m planning to implement in future releases:

  • Multilingual support: Adding different language options for a wider audience. 🌏
  • PDF Export: Allow users to download their resume as a PDF. πŸ“„
  • Enhanced UI: Improving the overall design and adding more sections like portfolio highlights, certifications, and volunteer work. 🎨

How You Can Contribute 🀝

I believe open-source thrives on collaboration, and I’d love to get feedback, ideas, and contributions from others. Here’s how you can help:

  • Fork the repository and submit pull requests with improvements or fixes. 🍴
  • Report issues if you encounter bugs or have suggestions for enhancements. πŸ›
  • Star the repository if you find it useful or just want to show some support. ⭐

You can contribute by simply visiting the repository at https://github.com/eshanized/resume.

I hope you find this project helpful and that it sparks your own ideas for building and sharing your resume in a more dynamic and open way. Feel free to reach out with any questions, feedback, or suggestions! 😊

Thanks for reading, and happy coding! πŸŽ‰πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»

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