the life you didn't quite live

Almost is a parallel-life generator. Upload your LinkedIn PDF or resume. It finds the real moments where your career could have gone differently. You pick one. Almost generates the other version of you — rendered as a styled artifact in one of four formats.

Not the better version. Not the worse one. Just the one that happened when you said yes instead of no.

1. Upload your LinkedIn PDF or resume/CV
2. Almost finds 3–5 real fork points in your career history
3. You pick one moment
4. Almost generates your alternate life in one of four formats:

• Framework — Next.js 14 (App Router), TypeScript
• Styling — Tailwind CSS, Fraunces + Inter typefaces
• AI — Anthropic Claude API (claude-sonnet-4-20250514)
• PDF parsing — Claude's native document support (no PDF libraries)
• Payments — RevenueCat web SDK
• Deploy — Vercel

npm install
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Create .env.local in the project root:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key_here
NEXT_PUBLIC_REVENUECAT_API_KEY=your_key_here

• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY — get one at console.anthropic.com
• NEXT_PUBLIC_REVENUECAT_API_KEY — RevenueCat public key (optional, gates Pro features)

app/
├── page.tsx                    # Landing
├── upload/page.tsx             # PDF upload
├── branches/page.tsx           # Fork point selection
├── templates/page.tsx          # Format picker
├── loading/page.tsx            # Generation in progress
├── result/page.tsx             # Output + download
├── about/page.tsx              # About page
└── api/
    ├── extract-branches/       # PDF → fork points
    └── generate-life/          # Fork + template → HTML

components/
├── Lockup.tsx                  # Eyebrow + display + caption editorial block
├── Taxonomy.tsx                # _underscore mono tag rows
├── StepBar.tsx                 # 4-step progress indicator
├── BranchCard.tsx              # Fork point selection card
├── UploadZone.tsx              # PDF drag-and-drop zone
└── PaywallModal.tsx            # Pro upgrade modal

lib/
├── prompts.ts                  # All Claude system prompts
├── storage.ts                  # sessionStorage helpers
├── templates/                  # HTML template builders
│   ├── linkedin-ghost.ts
│   ├── wiki-stub.ts
│   ├── museum-plaque.ts
│   └── tarot-card.ts
└── loading-phrases.ts          # 100+ loading screen phrases

Five-color palette, no gradients, no drop shadows.

Typography: Fraunces (display, variable weight + italic) + Inter (body) + system mono (eyebrow/taxonomy labels).

Your PDF is read once, in memory, then gone. Nothing is stored server-side. No account required. Close the tab: it never happened.

MIT