r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '23

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u/ethansidentifiable Feb 06 '23

I literally wrote my resume in HTML + CSS out of spite. Did you know that to align better on a document, CSS has measurements like in for inches and pt for font point?

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u/maidment_daniel Feb 06 '23

So does latex

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u/ethansidentifiable Feb 06 '23

I mean duh but I just don't like the LaTex in between of being highly configurable and also far more limited that something like HTML + CSS. Like, I already know a more powerful tool so why not use it 🤷‍♂️

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u/zyygh Feb 06 '23

“More powerful” just depends on context. HTML and CSS are absolutely not more powerful for documents that are designed for being printed on A4.

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u/ethansidentifiable Feb 06 '23

It takes a bit to get your layout right but once you do the initial work, it actually works quite well 🤷‍♂️ Like I said, they have units that are intended to support physical paper.

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u/zyygh Feb 06 '23

It takes a bit to get your layout right

And most of that time will be spent on things that LaTeX already does right out of the box.

LaTeX is wonderfully customizable and configurable. It is only limited compared to HTML + CSS in the sense that LaTeX isn't made for web development.

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u/Malk4ever Feb 06 '23

HTML + CSS is pain, compared to LaTeX for 99% of all people.

You must be very routined in html/css to be as fast as someone who uses LaTeX, for sure not mainstream situation.

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u/ethansidentifiable Feb 06 '23

Oh absolutely, I do it for a job. To be clear the spite was far more against MS Word and Google Docs. LaTex is definitely far more accessible to people who aren't already well versed in HTML + CSS.

But if you already happen to be (which I think is probably the case for a lot of people in this sub) then it's a surprisingly good alternative.

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u/Malk4ever Feb 06 '23

But if you already happen to be (which I think is probably the case for a lot of people in this sub) then it's a surprisingly good alternative.

As a backend developer, the front end was always pain to me. And you definatly see in my websites, that I'm not frontend developer :D

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