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# Designer, developer, hardware tinkerer, open source advocate, consumer of dark roast coffee, and writer of very long sentences.

Hi, my name is Bradley Taunt. I'm a designer/developer hybrid helping software companies improve their user experience and ship more performant products.

I also actively maintain several [open source projects](/projects).

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](/posts/dump).

### Skills & Languages

Core programming languages are HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Ruby. For design work, my preferred tools are Sketch, GIMP, and Figma. I also enjoy tinkering with basic shell scripts and [Unix systems](/public/images/unix.gif).

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## Design Thought Experiments

[Stop Using Hamburger Menus (Sometimes)](/posts/hamburgers)<br> Common performance and accessibility issues caused by using hamburger menus.

[Better Search Results](https://search.bt.ht)<br> Rethinking the UX flow of modern search engines.

[My Coffee Maker Just Makes Coffee](/posts/one-thing)<br> How products should focus on doing *one thing* very well.

[Blog Anonymously](https://anon.btxx.org)<br>A basic starting point for those wishing to blog privately.

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## Latest Posts