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How to track changes in CV

I recommend using Git for tracking changes in a CV, along with a simple Markdown → PDF workflow. This way, the CV is always up to date, changes are versioned, and you can collaborate or roll back to previous versions if needed. Markdown provides a clean, human-readable format, while PDF ensures professional distribution.

For that I also created a browser-based tool to convert Markdown CVs into PDFs.
  • You simply paste or upload your README.md (or any Markdown file).
  • The tool runs Pandoc in the background (via WebAssembly / container backend).
  • The PDF is generated instantly in the browser — no local setup, no LaTeX installation needed.
  • It uses the same defaults (margins, plain page style), so results are consistent with the local scripts.
Available here: https://md2pdf.karganyan.dev/
Output example

Or Run Locally

run.sh file for mac:
#!/opt/homebrew/bin/bash

export PATH="/Library/TeX/texbin:$PATH"
pandoc README.md -o "CV.pdf" -V geometry:margin=0.5in --variable pagestyle=plain

open "CV.pdf"
run.sh file for Ubuntu/Docker:
%x(docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/data pandoc/latex:3.7 README.md -o output.pdf -V geometry:margin=0.5in --variable pagestyle=plain)

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