Story 11.6: Expose Publication Abstracts in Templates

Context: The Publication model already has an abstract field (max 500 chars) used for JD-relevant curation. This story would expose abstracts in templates so users can optionally display them on their resume.

Current Rendering (No Abstracts)

RSA Conference (2024) - Zero Trust Architecture: A Practical Implementation Guide

Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons from Hypergrowth, O'Reilly Media (2023)

KubeCon (2022) - Building Resilient Microservices at Scale

Proposed Options with Abstracts

Option A: Inline Italic

RSA Conference (2024) - Zero Trust Architecture: A Practical Implementation Guide Deep dive into implementing zero trust principles across hybrid cloud environments, with real-world case studies from Fortune 500 deployments.

Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons from Hypergrowth, O'Reilly Media (2023) Practical strategies for growing engineering organizations from 20 to 200+ engineers while maintaining velocity and culture.

KubeCon (2022) - Building Resilient Microservices at Scale Architecture patterns for building fault-tolerant distributed systems handling 100K+ requests per second.

Option B: Indented Block

Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons from Hypergrowth, O'Reilly Media (2023) Practical strategies for growing engineering organizations from 20 to 200+ engineers while maintaining velocity and culture.

KubeCon (2022) - Building Resilient Microservices at Scale Architecture patterns for building fault-tolerant distributed systems handling 100K+ requests per second.

Option C: Compact/Truncated (Single Line)

RSA Conference (2024) - Zero Trust Architecture: A Practical Implementation Guide — Deep dive into implementing zero trust principles across hybrid cloud...

Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons from Hypergrowth, O'Reilly Media (2023) — Practical strategies for growing engineering organizations from 20 to 200+...

KubeCon (2022) - Building Resilient Microservices at Scale — Architecture patterns for building fault-tolerant distributed systems...

Implementation Notes

Template Changes:

Add show_abstracts config option (default: false)
Update executive.html publications block to conditionally render abstracts
Add CSS classes for abstract styling
Respect publications_curated flag (only show abstracts if JD-curated)

Config Options:

# .resume.yaml
template_options:
  show_publication_abstracts: true  # default: false
  abstract_style: inline  # inline | block | compact
  abstract_max_length: 150  # truncate for compact style

Side-by-Side: With vs Without Abstracts

Resume Section Comparison

Without Abstracts (Current)

Publications & Speaking

RSA Conference (2024) - Zero Trust Architecture: A Practical Implementation Guide

Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons from Hypergrowth, O'Reilly Media (2023)

KubeCon (2022) - Building Resilient Microservices at Scale

~3 lines • Minimal context • Fast scan

With Abstracts (Proposed)

Publications & Speaking

RSA Conference (2024) - Zero Trust Architecture: A Practical Implementation Guide Deep dive into implementing zero trust principles across hybrid cloud environments.

Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons from Hypergrowth, O'Reilly Media (2023) Practical strategies for growing engineering organizations from 20 to 200+ engineers.

KubeCon (2022) - Building Resilient Microservices at Scale Architecture patterns for building fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale.

~6-9 lines • Rich context • Shows expertise depth

Use Cases

When to show abstracts:

CTO/Executive roles: Demonstrates thought leadership depth
Academic/Research positions: Shows research contributions
Highly curated resumes: When only 2-3 publications are shown, abstracts add value
Conference speaker roles: Helps recruiters understand talk content

When to hide abstracts (default):

Space-constrained resumes: Abstracts add 50-100% more lines
Many publications: 5+ publications with abstracts becomes unwieldy
ATS optimization: Some ATS systems parse better with minimal formatting