The latest articles on DEV Community by Atanu Barua (@gene747). https://dev.to/gene747 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4161359%2F62d0a056-1b9b-427f-9384-b14b9e8bf113.png https://dev.to/gene747 en Atanu Barua Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:10:32 +0000 https://dev.to/gene747/i-built-maz3r-an-open-source-ai-career-assistant-for-resume-optimization-cover-letters-414b https://dev.to/gene747/i-built-maz3r-an-open-source-ai-career-assistant-for-resume-optimization-cover-letters-414b <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Job searching often means rewriting the same resume repeatedly for different positions, trying to understand ATS systems, and spending hours crafting cover letters.</p> <p>To solve that problem, I built <strong>MAZ3R</strong>, an AI-powered platform that helps users:</p> <ul> <li>Upload a resume (PDF or DOCX)</li> <li>Paste a job description</li> <li>Analyze ATS compatibility</li> <li>Identify missing skills and keywords</li> <li>Receive resume improvement recommendations</li> <li>Generate a customized cover letter</li> <li>Export reports and application documents</li> </ul> <p>The project was designed for students, interns, fresh graduates, and job seekers who want to improve their applications without manually tailoring every document from scratch.</p> <h2> Demo </h2> <p>🔗 Live Demo: <em>Coming Soon</em></p> <p>📹 Video Demo: <em>Coming Soon</em></p> <h2> Code </h2> <p>🔗 GitHub Repository: <em><a href="https://github.com/gene707/HacktoberFest-2026" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/gene707/HacktoberFest-2026</a></em></p> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <p>MAZ3R is built around open-source AI technologies.</p> <h3> AI Stack </h3> <ul> <li><strong>Qwen 2.5 1.5B Instruct</strong></li> <li><strong>Sentence Transformers</strong></li> <li><strong>all-MiniLM-L6-v2 Embeddings</strong></li> <li><strong>Hugging Face Inference API</strong></li> </ul> <h3> Backend </h3> <ul> <li>Flask</li> <li>SQLite</li> <li>PDF Processing</li> <li>DOCX Processing</li> </ul> <h3> Frontend </h3> <ul> <li>HTML</li> <li>CSS</li> <li>Vanilla JavaScript</li> </ul> <h3> Core Workflow </h3> <ol> <li>User uploads a resume.</li> <li>Resume text is extracted and processed.</li> <li>ATS analysis compares the resume against the target job description.</li> <li>Semantic similarity scoring evaluates alignment between</li> </ol> devchallenge weekendchallenge hf26challenge Atanu Barua Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:10:12 +0000 https://dev.to/gene747/backend-projs-loading-1h3h https://dev.to/gene747/backend-projs-loading-1h3h <p>Been building some foundational level backend projects. After completing, I will upload the github repo here. Look forward to it,<br> P.S : had to delete my prev acc due to some sign-up issue,</p> backend backenddevelopment development npm