adding-a-project

name	adding-a-project
description	Use when adding a new project to the user's personal site and resume, or when the user says to make something "live". Covers updating both arjit-me and arjit-resume, compiling the PDF, and pushing.

Adding a Project

Overview

When a new project is created, it needs to be added to both the personal site (arjit-me) and the resume (arjit-resume), then made live.

Locations

• Site projects: ~/repos/arjit-me/lib/projects.ts
• Resume projects: ~/repos/arjit-resume/resume/projects.tex
• Resume PDF: ~/repos/arjit-resume/arjit_jaiswal_resume.pdf (symlinked to ~/Documents/arjit_jaiswal_resume.pdf)

Process

1. Add to lib/projects.ts in arjit-me:

   • Add a new entry to the projects array
   • Set featured: false unless told otherwise
   • Use the repo slug for id, but a human-readable name for title on the site is fine either way

2. Add to resume/projects.tex in arjit-resume:

   • Add a \projectentry{Name}{url}{description}{tech}{date}
   • Always use human-readable names, not repo slugs (e.g. "Arjit Skills" not "arjit-skills")
   • Keep descriptions concise (one line)
   • Insert in chronological order (newest first)

3. Compile the resume PDF:

   cd ~/repos/arjit-resume
   make build
   

   The symlink at ~/Documents/arjit_jaiswal_resume.pdf auto-updates.

4. Push the site live:

   cd ~/repos/arjit-me
   git add lib/projects.ts
   git commit -m "Add <project-name> to projects"
   git push origin main
   

Rules

• Resume uses human-readable names; site can use either.
• Always compile the PDF after resume changes.
• Always push arjit-me to main to deploy.