# Making software better without sacrificing user experience. As a designer/developer hybrid, I help software companies improve their user experience and ship more performant products. I also actively maintain several [open source projects](https://git.sr.ht/~bt). I'm passionate about open source software, usability, performance, privacy, and minimal design. This small piece of the internet stores a growing collection of my personal [brain dumps](/dump). ## Skills & Languages Core tools are Figma, HTML, CSS, JavaScript & WordPress. Currently improving my skills with Ruby, Rails, MySQL & PHP. I also enjoy tinkering with basic shell scripts and [Unix systems](/public/images/unix.gif). ## Design Thought Experiments * [Stop Using Hamburger Menus (Sometimes)](/hamburgers) * [Better Search Results](https://search.btxx.org) * [My Coffee Maker Just Makes Coffee](/one-thing) * [Blog Anonymously](https://anon.btxx.org) ## Articles & Tutorials