[Tex/LaTex] How to modify deedy-resume to have a left-flushed header

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I would like to modify the deedy-resume a bit.
The Header in the basic version is centered

\newcommand{\namesection}[3]{
    \centering{
        \sffamily
        \fontspec{Helvetica Neue UltraLight}\fontsize{40pt}{10cm}\selectfont #1 
        \fontspec{Helvetica Neue Light}\selectfont #2
    } \\
    \vspace{5pt}
    \centering{ \color{headings}\fontspec{Heiti TC Medium}\fontsize{11pt}{14pt}\selectfont #3}
    \noindent\makebox[\linewidth]{\rule{\paperwidth}{0.4pt}}
    \vspace{-15pt}
}

When I just removed the \centering the typesetting worked but the output looked strange (basically every thing below the rule was not shown in the pdf output). So I tried flush left

\newcommand{\namesection}[3]{
    \begin{flushleft}
        \sffamily
        \fontspec{Helvetica Neue UltraLight}\fontsize{40pt}{10cm}\selectfont #1 
        \fontspec{Helvetica Neue Light}\selectfont #2

    \vspace{5pt}
    \color{headings}\fontspec{Heiti TC Medium}\fontsize{11pt}{14pt}\selectfont #3
    \end{flushleft}
    \noindent\makebox[\linewidth]{\rule{\paperwidth}{0.4pt}}
    \vspace{-15pt}
}

In a way it works, but now the alignment of the text-boxes in the document are off (the header moved too much to the left)
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How do I align the texts? Or how do I "un-"center the heading correctly?

MWE of the TeX-file (cls-file below):

\documentclass[]{deedy-resume}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}

\rfoot{Page \thepage \hspace{1pt}}
\begin{document}

\namesection{Debarghya}{Das}{ \urlstyle{same}\href{http://debarghyadas.com}{debarghyadas.com}| \href{http://fb.co/dd}{fb.co/dd}\\
\href{mailto:deedy@fb.com}{deedy@fb.com} | 607.379.5733 | \href{mailto:dd367@cornell.edu}{dd367@cornell.edu}
}

\begin{minipage}[t]{0.33\textwidth} 

\section{Skills}
\subsection{Programming}
\location{Over 5000 lines:}
Java \textbullet{}   Shell \textbullet{} Python \textbullet{} Javascript \\
OCaml \textbullet{} Matlab \textbullet{} Rails \textbullet{} \LaTeX\ \\ 
\location{Over 1000 lines:}
C \textbullet{} C++ \textbullet{} CSS \textbullet{} PHP \textbullet{} Assembly \\
\location{Familiar:}
AS3 \textbullet{} iOS \textbullet{} Android \textbullet{} MySQL
\sectionsep

\end{minipage} 
\hfill
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.66\textwidth} 

\section{Experience}
\runsubsection{Facebook}
\descript{| Software Engineer }
\location{Jan 2015 - Present | New York, NY}
\sectionsep


\end{minipage} 
\end{document}

This is the corresponding cls-file:

% Intro Options
\ProvidesClass{deedy-resume}[2014/04/30 CV class]
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\DeclareOption{print}{\def\@cv@print{}}
\DeclareOption*{
  \PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{article}%
}
\ProcessOptions\relax
\LoadClass{article}

% Package Imports
\usepackage[hmargin=1.25cm, vmargin=0.7cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage[absolute]{textpos}
\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}
\usepackage[UKenglish]{isodate}
\usepackage{fontspec,xltxtra,xunicode}

% Cite publications
\usepackage{cite}
\renewcommand\refname{\vskip -1.5cm}

% Color definitions
%\definecolor{date}{HTML}{666666} 
%\definecolor{primary}{HTML}{2b2b2b} 
%\definecolor{headings}{HTML}{6A6A6A}
%\definecolor{subheadings}{HTML}{333333}
\definecolor{primary}{HTML}{000000} 
\definecolor{headings}{HTML}{000000} 
\definecolor{subheadings}{HTML}{000000}
\definecolor{date}{HTML}{000000}


% Set main fonts
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
\setmainfont[Color=primary]{Helvetica Light}
\setsansfont[Scale=MatchLowercase,Mapping=tex-text]{Helvetica Neue UltraLight}

% Date command
\setlength{\TPHorizModule}{1mm}
\setlength{\TPVertModule}{1mm}
\textblockorigin{0mm}{5mm} % start everyth
\newcommand{\lastupdated}{\begin{textblock}{60}(155,0)
\color{date}\fontspec{Helvetica Neue Light}\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont 
Last Updated on
\today
\end{textblock}}

\newcommand{\leftdetails}[1]{\begin{textblock}{60}(170,5)
\color{date}\fontspec{Helvetica Neue Light}\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont 
#1
\end{textblock}}


% Name command
\newcommand{\namesection}[3]{
    \begin{flushleft}
    %\centering{
        \sffamily
        \fontspec{Helvetica Neue UltraLight}\fontsize{40pt}{10cm}\selectfont #1 
        \fontspec{Helvetica Neue Light}\selectfont #2
    %} \\

    \vspace{5pt}
    %\centering{ \color{headings}\fontspec{Heiti TC Medium}\fontsize{11pt}{14pt}\selectfont #3}
    \color{headings}\fontspec{Heiti TC Medium}\fontsize{11pt}{14pt}\selectfont #3
    \end{flushleft}
    \noindent\makebox[\linewidth]{\rule{\paperwidth}{0.4pt}}
    \vspace{-15pt}
}
\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}

% Headings command
\titleformat{\section}{\color{headings}
\scshape\fontspec{Helvetica Light}\fontsize{16pt}{24pt}\selectfont \raggedright\uppercase}{} {0em}{}

% Subeadings command
\titleformat{\subsection}{\color{subheadings}
\fontspec{Helvetica}\fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont\bfseries\uppercase}{}{0em}{}
\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{\parskip}{-\parskip}
\titlespacing{\subsubsection}{0pt}{\parskip}{-\parskip}
\newcommand{\runsubsection}[1]{\color{subheadings}
\fontspec{Helvetica}\fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont\bfseries\uppercase {#1} \normalfont}

% Descriptors command
\newcommand{\descript}[1]{\color{subheadings}\raggedright\scshape\fontspec{Heiti SC Medium}\fontsize{11pt}{13pt}\selectfont {#1 \\} \normalfont}

% Location command
\newcommand{\location}[1]{\color{headings}\raggedright\scshape\fontspec{Heiti TC Medium}\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont {#1\\} \normalfont}

% Section seperators command
\newcommand{\sectionsep}[0]{\vspace{8pt}}

% Bullet Lists with fewer gaps command
\newenvironment{tightemize}{\vspace{-\topsep}\begin{itemize}\itemsep1pt \parskip0pt \parsep0pt}{\end{itemize}\vspace{-\topsep}}

All text files are taken from the Deedy-Resume GitHub page

Best Answer

I think it suffices to replace all occurrences of \centering with \raggedright in the definition of \namesection to achieve what you want.

Since you are using a modified version of the .cls file, you can make the replacements there or with a \renewcommand in the preamble of your document.

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