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I basically launched a similar service just recently [1]. Guess, the idea is pretty obvious, especially hearing about all the layoffs in the past months combined with OpenAI's impressive progress.

For feedback: I tried your generator, and it gave me a cover letter (impressively fast!) as promised. The letter's signature was a link and read "Candidate Name", which I clicked (of course) and went straight to a 404. The cover letter was gone. So, maybe some way to save a link to the letter, e.g. a unique URL, that you can navigate back to? You could store the letter content for a few hours or days for that, or even just encode the full content into a query string. Alternatively, a big, fat "Copy to clipboard" button could also help.

You mentioned GPT-3 - is it actually 3 or 3.5-turbo?

Looking forward to what a multimodal GPT-4 can do for us now. AI-generated profile photos, application video, automatically calling the recruiters on the phone, etc. The ideas to shake up recruiters' lives seem endless now ;)

You are welcome to test my generator and borrow some ideas if you find it interesting. It's behind a free signup, as I was slightly afraid of piling up OpenAI API cost.

[1] https://www.resufit.com


Yeah I noticed I wasn't the only one with this idea either :)

It's using text-davinci-3 mostly because I was too lazy to move to gpt-3.5-turbo since that required moving to the chat api. I'll probably make the move if people use this tool enough that I'm worried about the bill from openai.

- It being impressively fast comes from me using the streaming API. That's actually where I spent most of my effort making work. OpenAI sends their messages via SSE to my server which then instantly streams that also by SSE to the browser client. It turns out this is hard to make work because most reverse proxies want to buffer responses so you have to figure out the configuration to make sure your responses aren't buffered.

- The candidate name link problem comes from the fact that I translate GPT3's output as markdown so [Candidate Name] turns into a link to nothing (I'm gonna go and change that soon I swear).


Not related to them in any way, but I have used Postmark in several (larger and smaller) projects and have always been very happy with them. They are not dubious at all, have reasonable pricing, good documentation, responsive support and are very open and honest about their operational status.


Postmark has worked pretty well for my projects.


Arbour | Software Engineer | Berlin, Germany | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.arbourglobal.com

Arbour's technology empowers and hosts 1:1 processes between organisations for whom sharing data consistently and securely is critical to success. Arbour provides a unified platform for connecting businesses to bring B2B relations into the digital world.

As a fast-growing, tech-focused team of high-class engineers, we are looking for new members to join us on our journey to change the way business relations work fundamentally. The role is mainly remote at this time, but we occasionally meet in our office, so we would ask you to come to the vibrant Berlin metropolitan area to work with us in the long run!

We don't offer fancy benefit packages. Instead, we offer a highly professional, diverse, friendly, transparent and open company culture that allows you to multiply your skills in an environment giving you support whenever you need it at an appropriate compensation level.

Find our job descriptions at https://www.arbourglobal.com/careers


Arbour | Full Stack Engineer | Full Time | Berlin, Germany | ONSITE, partial remote | https://www.arbourglobal.com

Arbour is a B2B FinTech company aiming to make Alternative Investment Markets transparent and achieve an efficient capital flow to SMEs, the core of the “real economy”.

You will have all the possibilities to create and shape a product that will have a fundamental impact on the global economy. We offer a high degree of freedom and support in personal and professional development. We work with modern tech, tools and processes and provide you with the opportunity to stay on the cutting edge of dev culture.

The (current) stack you’ll work with: TypeScript, React, nest.js, PostgreSQL

More info about the role: https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/531543/bring-fintech-into-the...


Arbour | Full Stack Web Engineer | Full Time | Berlin, Germany | ONSITE

Arbour is a B2B FinTech company aiming to make Alternative Investment Markets transparent and achieve an efficient capital flow to SMEs, the core of the “real economy”.

You will have all the possibilities to create and shape a product that will have a fundamental impact on the global economy. We offer a high degree of freedom and support in personal and professional development. We work with modern tech, tools and processes and provide you with the opportunity to stay on the cutting edge of dev culture.

The (current) stack you’ll work with: TypeScript, React, nest.js, PostgreSQL

More info about the role: https://www.arbourglobal.com/fullstack-web-engineer


Kialo | Full Stack Web Engineer | ONSITE | Full-time | Berlin, Germany

Kialo (https://www.kialo.com) is a privately funded, Swiss-German startup, developing a purpose-built tool for critical thinking, thoughtful discussion, and collaborative decision-making. Founded by academic philanthropists, we have been working on the system for 6 years before launching public beta in August 2017.

Our platform is built on a high-end, modern technology stack including Python 3.7, TypeScript, ReactJS, Redux, MongoDB, AWS, k8s and more. We are agile (Scrum, no -but), everyone has a tech background, we have a flat hierarchy, an open and friendly discussion culture (of course) and we have fun while working passionately to achieve our goal.

We are always looking for skilled full stack web engineers who believe in building the next generation's discussion platform.

If you are interested or have any questions, check out https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/147695/full-stack-web-develop...


Kialo | Full Stack Web Developer | ONSITE | Full-time | Berlin, Germany

Kialo (https://www.kialo.com) is a privately funded, Swiss-German startup, developing a purpose-built tool for critical thinking, thoughtful discussion, and collaborative decision-making. Founded by academic philanthropists, we have been working on the system for 6 years before launching public beta in August 2017.

Our platform is built on a high-end, modern technology stack including Python 3.7, TypeScript, ReactJS, Redux, MongoDB, AWS, k8s and more. We are agile (Scrum, no -but), everyone has a tech background, we have a flat hierarchy, an open and friendly discussion culture (of course) and we have fun while working passionately to achieve our goal.

We are always looking for skilled full stack web developers who believe in building the next generation's discussion platform.

If you are interested or have any questions, check out https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/147695/full-stack-web-develop...


Kialo | Full Stack Web Developer | ONSITE | Full-time | Berlin, Germany

Kialo (https://www.kialo.com) is a privately funded, Swiss-German startup, developing a purpose-built tool for critical thinking, thoughtful discussion, and collaborative decision-making. Founded by academic philanthropists, we have been working on the system for 6 years before launching public beta in August 2017.

Our platform is built on a high-end, modern technology stack including Python 3.6, TypeScript, ReactJS, Redux, MongoDB, AWS, k8s and more. We are agile (Scrum, no -but), everyone has a tech background, we have a flat hierarchy, an open and friendly discussion culture (of course) and we have fun while working passionately to achieve our goal.

We are always looking for skilled full stack web developers who believe in building the next generation's discussion platform.

If you are interested or have any questions, check out https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/147695/full-stack-web-develop...


Kialo | Full Stack Web Developer | ONSITE | Full-time | Berlin, Germany

Kialo (https://www.kialo.com) is a privately funded, Swiss-German startup, developing a purpose-built tool for critical thinking, thoughtful discussion, and collaborative decision-making. Founded by academic philanthropists, we have been working on the system for 6 years before launching public beta in August 2017.

Our platform is built on a high-end, modern technology stack including Python 3.6, TypeScript, ReactJS, Redux, MongoDB, AWS, k8s and more. We are agile (Scrum, no -but), everyone has a tech background, we have a flat hierarchy, an open and friendly discussion culture (of course) and we have fun while working passionately to achieve our goal.

We are always looking for skilled full stack web developers who believe in building the next generation's discussion platform.

If you are interested or have any questions, check out https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/147695/full-stack-web-develop...


Kialo | Full Stack Web Developer | ONSITE | Full-time | Berlin, Germany

Kialo (https://www.kialo.com) is a privately funded, Swiss-German startup, developing a purpose-built tool for critical thinking, thoughtful discussion, and collaborative decision-making. Founded by academic philanthropists, we have been working on the system for 6 years before launching public beta in August 2017.

Our platform is built on a high-end, modern technology stack including Python 3.6, TypeScript, ReactJS, Redux, MongoDB, AWS, k8s and more. We are agile (Scrum, no -but), everyone has a tech background, we have a flat hierarchy, an open and friendly discussion culture (of course) and we have fun while working passionately to achieve our goal.

We are always looking for skilled full stack web developers who believe in building the next generation's discussion platform.

If you are interested or have any questions, check out https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/147695/full-stack-web-develop...


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