The latest articles on DEV Community by Victor Birkle (@rasip). https://dev.to/rasip 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%2F4100924%2F20669852-8e66-4b95-8fa8-f88629851502.jpg https://dev.to/rasip en Victor Birkle Sun, 30 Aug 2026 03:11:30 +0000 https://dev.to/rasip/building-a-sub-second-resume-parser-and-ats-diff-engine-4g45 https://dev.to/rasip/building-a-sub-second-resume-parser-and-ats-diff-engine-4g45 <p>When applying for engineering roles, automated applicant tracking systems (ATS) often silently reject candidates due to parsing blockers like multi-column layouts, missing quantitative metrics, or non-standard font embeddings.</p> <p>To fix this latency bottleneck, I built <strong>MyRizzume</strong> (<a href="https://myrizzume.me" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://myrizzume.me</a>) — designed to parse and score resumes end-to-end in under 1,000ms.</p> <h3> What it checks: </h3> <ol> <li> <strong>Layout Integrity:</strong> Validates that column and table layouts won't merge or scramble text during ATS ingestion.</li> <li> <strong>Action Verb Strength:</strong> Highlights passive phrases and suggests active, quantifiable replacements.</li> <li> <strong>Keyword Density:</strong> Compares section headers and skill blocks against common parser taxonomies.</li> </ol> <p>Try it out live at <a href="https://myrizzume.me" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://myrizzume.me</a> and let me know how it handles your layout!</p> webdev javascript nextjs productivity