diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index cd60fe5..38e7561 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -4,39 +4,30 @@ This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with co
 
 ## What this is
 
-A single-page, two-asymmetric-column LaTeX resume template (Deedy-Resume, OpenFonts variant). The content lives in one `.tex` file; styling lives in one `.cls` file; publications come from a `.bib` file via BibTeX.
+A single-page, two-column LaTeX resume. All content and styling live in one file: `source.tex`. There is no class file, no bibliography, and no bundled fonts — it is a plain `article` document.
 
 ## Build
 
-Must compile with **XeLaTeX**, not pdflatex — the template uses `fontspec` to load the bundled OTFs in `fonts/lato/` and `fonts/raleway/` by path. All commands must run from the repo root so those relative paths resolve.
+Compiles with **pdflatex** (via `latexmk`). `source.tex` uses `inputenc`/`fontenc` with default Computer Modern fonts, so no XeLaTeX or external font files are needed.
 
 ```bash
-make           # one-shot build → dist/deedy_resume-openfont.pdf
-make watch     # latexmk -pvc: rebuild + live-preview on every save (dev mode)
+make           # one-shot build → dist/source.pdf
+make watch     # latexmk -pvc: rebuild + live-preview on every save
 make preview   # build once and open the PDF
 make clean     # remove LaTeX aux files, keep the PDF
 make distclean # remove dist/ entirely
 ```
 
-Under the hood `make` calls `latexmk -xelatex` with `-output-directory=dist`, which handles the bibtex passes for `publications.bib` automatically. There is no CI or linter — the only "test" is that the PDF compiles and stays one page (see Layout constraint below).
+`make` runs `latexmk -pdf -output-directory=dist`. No CI, no linter — the only "test" is that it compiles and stays one page.
 
 ## Architecture
 
-- **`deedy-resume-openfont.cls`** — document class. Defines colors, font face mappings (Lato + Raleway loaded from relative `fonts/` paths via `fontspec`), and the custom commands the `.tex` file calls: `\namesection`, `\runsubsection`, `\descript`, `\location`, `\sectionsep`, and the `tightemize` environment. Edit this file for styling/typography; edit the `.tex` for content.
-- **`deedy_resume-openfont.tex`** — content. Note the filename uses an underscore while the class file uses a hyphen — this asymmetry is intentional, don't "fix" it. The two columns are a `minipage` pair (`0.33\textwidth` left, `0.66\textwidth` right) separated by `\hfill`.
-- **`publications.bib`** — entries cited via `\nocite{*}` in the Publications section.
-- **`fonts/`** — bundled OTFs. The `.cls` references them by relative path, so the working directory at build time must be the repo root.
+The two columns are a [`paracol`](https://ctan.org/pkg/paracol) environment, split by `\columnratio{0.3}` (left 30% / right 70%) and divided with `\switchcolumn`. The left column holds Contact / Skills / Languages; the right holds Summary / Experience / Education / Projects. Section headers are a bold label followed by a `\rule` underline; entries use `enumitem` `itemize` lists with `nosep` to keep them tight.
 
 ## Layout constraint
 
-The template is **single-page by design** and silently overflows to a second page if either column gets too long (documented in README "Known Issues"). When adding content, mentally budget against the existing column length and prefer trimming over adding. The `\sectionsep` (8pt) and `tightemize` (a tightened `itemize`) exist specifically to claw back vertical space.
+Single-page by design — it silently overflows to a second page if a column gets too long. When adding content, budget against the existing column length and prefer trimming over adding.
 
-## Known quirks to leave alone
+## Note on history
 
-- `deedy_resume-openfont.tex` ends with a stray `\documentclass[]{article}` *after* `\end{document}` (line 249). It's ignored by the compiler and is a long-standing artifact of the upstream template.
-- `\refname` is redefined twice (once in the `.cls`, once inline in the `.tex` Publications section) — the inline redefinition is a documented workaround the upstream author couldn't get working from the `.cls` alone.
-- The first bullet of column two has a hand-tuned `\vspace{\topsep}` to fix awkward spacing — don't remove it without checking the rendered output.
-
-## Upstream
-
-Forked from https://github.com/deedydas/Deedy-Resume (Apache 2.0). The README in this repo is the upstream README and still references the upstream author's content; treat it as template documentation rather than a description of this fork.
+This was forked from the Deedy-Resume template (XeLaTeX, custom `.cls`, bundled OTFs in `fonts/`). That entire stack has been removed in favor of the self-contained `source.tex`. `README.md` is still the upstream Deedy README and describes the old template, not this fork — treat it as historical, not as a description of the current setup.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c9496f2..06910e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,55 +1,42 @@
-# Deedy-Resume (OpenFonts) build
-#
-# Requires: latexmk, xelatex, bibtex (TeX Live or MacTeX).
-# Run all targets from the repo root — the .cls references fonts/ by
-# relative path and only resolves correctly from here.
+# Resume build — each variant is a src/*.tex, built to dist/*.pdf (pdflatex).
 
-TEX     := deedy_resume-openfont.tex
-NAME    := $(basename $(TEX))
-DIST    := dist
-PDF     := $(DIST)/$(NAME).pdf
+DIST     := dist
+VARIANTS := $(notdir $(basename $(wildcard src/*.tex)))
+PDFS     := $(addprefix $(DIST)/,$(addsuffix .pdf,$(VARIANTS)))
 
-SOURCES := $(TEX) deedy-resume-openfont.cls publications.bib
+LATEXMK := latexmk -pdf -interaction=nonstopmode -halt-on-error -output-directory=$(DIST)
+VIEWER  := $(shell command -v xdg-open 2>/dev/null || command -v open 2>/dev/null)
 
-LATEXMK       := latexmk
-LATEXMK_FLAGS := -xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode -halt-on-error -output-directory=$(DIST)
-
-# Pick a PDF viewer: xdg-open on Linux, open on macOS.
-VIEWER := $(shell command -v xdg-open 2>/dev/null || command -v open 2>/dev/null)
-
-.PHONY: all build watch preview clean distclean help
+.PHONY: all build watch clean distclean help $(VARIANTS)
 
 all: build
 
-## build: compile the resume into dist/
-build: $(PDF)
+## build: compile every variant in src/ into dist/
+build: $(PDFS)
 
-$(PDF): $(SOURCES) | $(DIST)
-	$(LATEXMK) $(LATEXMK_FLAGS) $(TEX)
+$(DIST)/%.pdf: src/%.tex
+	$(LATEXMK) $<
 
-$(DIST):
-	mkdir -p $(DIST)
+# Build a single variant by name, e.g. `make react-native`
+$(VARIANTS): %: $(DIST)/%.pdf
 
-## watch: rebuild + live-preview on every save (dev mode)
-watch: | $(DIST)
-	$(LATEXMK) $(LATEXMK_FLAGS) -pvc $(TEX)
+## watch: rebuild + live-preview a variant, e.g. `make watch V=react-native`
+watch:
+	$(LATEXMK) -pvc src/$(V).tex
 
-## preview: build once and open the PDF
-preview: build
-ifeq ($(VIEWER),)
-	@echo "No PDF viewer found (install xdg-open or open). PDF is at $(PDF)."
-else
-	$(VIEWER) $(PDF)
-endif
+## preview: build a variant and open it, e.g. `make preview V=react-native`
+preview: $(DIST)/$(V).pdf
+	$(if $(VIEWER),$(VIEWER) $(DIST)/$(V).pdf,@echo "No PDF viewer found. PDF is at $(DIST)/$(V).pdf.")
 
-## clean: remove LaTeX aux files but keep the PDF
+## clean: remove LaTeX aux files, keep the PDFs
 clean:
-	-$(LATEXMK) -c -output-directory=$(DIST) $(TEX)
+	-$(foreach v,$(VARIANTS),latexmk -c -output-directory=$(DIST) src/$(v).tex;)
 
 ## distclean: remove dist/ entirely
 distclean:
 	rm -rf $(DIST)
 
-## help: list available targets
+## help: list available targets and variants
 help:
 	@grep -E '^## ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sed 's/## //'
+	@echo "variants: $(VARIANTS)"