Sendit, The Resume Delivery Platform!

Sendit is a Next.js-based platform that streamlines the job application process by integrating a LaTeX CV editor, automated resume generation, and intelligent resume delivery.

Demo 🎥

sendit.demo.mp4

✨ Features

• Integrated LaTeX CV Editor: Modify your resume directly from a private GitHub repo.

• Secure Sharing: Generate short, shareable URLs for your compiled PDF resumes.

• CI/CD Workflow: Automatically commit changes to a private repo, triggering a GitHub Actions workflow.

• Cloud-Native Pipeline:

  • Self-hosted EC2 GitHub runner compiles LaTeX in Docker.
  • Uploads PDF to S3 and metadata to DynamoDB.
  • Lambda function shortens the URL and stores final mapping.

• Resume Management: View and select saved resumes from your dashboard.

• One-Click Apply: Automatically generates and sends emails with the selected resume and metadata.

🧱 Architecture

The architecture of Sendit integrates Next.js, GitHub, Docker, AWS services, and Lambda functions to deliver a seamless CV management and application workflow.

🚀 Getting Started

✅ Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js & npm
• AWS CLI configured with necessary permissions
• A GitHub account with a private repo containing LaTeX resume template

💻 Frontend Setup

1. Clone the repo and navigate to the project:

   git clone https://github.com/zk2k2/application-automation-platform.git
   cd apps/web

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Run the development server:

   npm run dev

⚙️ Backend Workflow (GitHub Actions + AWS)

1. Set up a private GitHub repository to store LaTeX CVs.

2. Configure an AWS account with a role and a policy.

3. Deploy a self-hosted EC2 runner and ensure it has:

   • Docker
   • A working LaTeX Docker image

4. Set up an S3 bucket and a DynamoDB table

5. Set up a Lambda Function:

   • You can find the lambda code inside the src directory

6. Set up the .env and .env.local: You can find examples of the two files at the root of the Next.js app

7. Setup the workflow at ./.github/main.yml in your resume's repo: This will allow the workflow to run on your resume's repo

8. Ready to go! You can automate your way to career stardom 😎

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve Sendit! Fork the repository and submit pull requests for review.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

📧 Contact

For more information, please contact me via email or connect on LinkedIn.

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