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<h1 id="making-software-better-without-sacrificing-user-experience.">Making software better without sacrificing user experience.</h1>
<p>As a designer/developer hybrid, I help software companies improve their user experience and ship more performant products. I also actively maintain several <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt">open source projects</a>.</p>
<p>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 <a href="/dump">brain dumps</a>.</p>
<h2 id="skills-languages">Skills & Languages</h2>
<p>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 <a href="/public/images/unix.gif">Unix systems</a>.</p>
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