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Essays on full-stack craft, UX, AI as a tool, and founder reality — from a staff engineer who still ships.
📄 I Took a Friend's Coding Resume From 58% Fit to 82% Without Changing a Single Fact
A friend's resume scored 58% against a web dev internship posting. After running it through ResumeHedgehog, the fit score jumped to 82% without changing a single fact. Here is how noise reduction and keyword alignment made the difference.
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📝 I Tested 5 Resumes Against ATS: Here's What Actually Improved Fit by 28 Points
I recently developed Resume Hedgehog to solve a specific annoyance: you provide your resume and a job offer, and it generates an optimized PDF for ATS systems and recruiters. One click. No manual keyword matching.
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📊 AI Recruitment Systems Are Biased - Scientific Proof with 8.2% Rating Variations
In my previous article from this series I've shown a tool I've developed that by using simple measures was able to remove 75% of bias from job resumes.
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🚫 I Built a Tool That Removes 75% of Resume Bias - Here's What I Found, Part 1
Lately the topic of anonymization caught my attention. In my last article I was writing about anonymizing data sent to AI models. Today I'd like to discuss another area for anonymization - recruitment. As we all know, recruitment is full of biases. Research published in PMC shows
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The Invisible Promotion: How to Go From Mid-Level to Senior Developer
You’ve been coding for years, but something feels off. You’re not a junior anymore, but you’re not sure you’re senior either. Titles are…
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Prepare For A Coding Tech Interview Part 10— Adapter And Decorator
Do you want to get a job as a coder / software developer or switch to other company? In this series I’ll share information how to solve…
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Prepare For A Coding Tech Interview Part 8 — Strategy
Do you want to get a job as a coder / software developer or switch to other company? In this series I’ll share information how to solve…
Read morePrepare For A Coding Tech Interview Part 8 — Design Patterns
Do you want to get a job as a coder / software developer or switch to other company? In this series I’ll share information how to solve…
Read morePrepare For A Coding Tech Interview Part 7 — CRUD, JWT, OOP
Do you want to get a job as a coder / software developer or switch to other company? In this series I’ll share information how to solve…
Read morePrepare For A Coding Tech Interview Part 6 — CI/CD, MVC, REST
Do you want to get a job as a coder / software developer or switch to other company? In this series I’ll share information how to solve…
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