Bradley Taunt

Bradley Taunt

Bradley Taunt

The man behind the site… I’m Brad, a designer/developer hybrid. I help software companies improve their user experience and ship more performant products. 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. I also actively maintain several open source projects. Core tools are HTML, CSS, Ruby, JavaScript & PHP. Currently improving my skills with Rails & MongoDB. I also enjoy tinkering with basic shell scripts and Unix systems.

https://btxx.org/

Latest posts

What Happens After I'm Gone? The Future of the Online Me 2025-09-12 09:00am
My OpenBSD Home Network Setup 2025-08-25 09:00am
Setup Mullvad VPN on OpenBSD via WireGuard 2025-07-16 09:00am
Building a Simple Router with OpenBSD 2025-07-11 09:00am
Starlink, OpenWrt, and Eeros... Oh My! 2025-06-29 09:00am
Creating a Basic Status Page on NearlyFreeSpeech 2025-05-12 09:00am
Setup an OpenBSD VM on macOS Using UTM 2025-03-12 09:00am
Mac Apps That Bring Me Joy 2025-03-04 09:00am
Hosting Multiple Websites Under One NearlyFreeSpeech Site 2025-02-14 09:00am
Red Hat Plans to Add AI to Fedora and GNOME 2025-02-04 09:00am
Deliver the Bare Minimum 2024-12-22 09:00am
Installing OpenBSD on Linveo KVM VPS 2024-10-21 09:00am
Vertical Tabs in Safari 2024-09-26 09:00am
Build and Deploy Websites Automatically with Git 2024-09-20 09:00am
Burning and Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console 2024-09-02 09:00am
"This Key is Useless Now. Discard?" 2024-08-28 09:00am
Perspective 2024-08-06 09:00am
Setting Up Pi-Hole with Eero on Starlink 2024-07-24 09:00am
Dual Booting OpenBSD and Alpine Linux on a X220 ThinkPad 2024-07-10 09:00am
Fixing Jekyll's dart-sass Dependency on OpenBSD 2024-06-30 09:00am
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 09:00am
Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech 2024-05-27 09:00am
OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System 2024-04-11 09:00am
Please Make Your Table Headings Sticky 2024-02-23 09:00am
Website Backups with Apple iCloud 2024-02-16 09:00am
New Domain and Code Forge 2024-01-29 09:00am
My Text Edtior is Not Open Source 2024-01-02 09:00am
Switching Things Over to ikiwiki 2023-12-17 09:00am
Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME 2023-11-02 09:00am
The X220 ThinkPad is the Best Laptop in the World 2023-09-26 09:00am
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux 2023-09-11 09:00am
Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator 2023-07-21 09:00am
Blogging for 7 Years 2023-06-24 09:00am
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD 2023-06-13 09:00am
Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD 2023-06-05 09:00am
My Robotic Mower Woes 2023-05-19 09:00am
Working with git Patches in Apple Mail 2023-05-11 09:00am
Stop Using Hamburger Menus (Sometimes) 2023-05-05 09:00am
Converting My X201 ThinkPad into a Slabtop 2023-05-01 09:00am
Applying Email-Based Git Patches in Evolution on Linux 2023-04-25 09:00am
Launching Sublime Text with dmenu on Alpine Linux 2023-04-13 09:00am
HTML Dark Mode 2023-04-11 09:00am
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201 2023-04-02 09:00am
Installing Ruby with RVM on Alpine Linux 2023-03-16 09:00am
Stop Using Custom Web Fonts 2023-03-14 09:00am
Replacing My Eero Mesh Network with Two Mangos 2023-03-09 09:00am
Why I Stopped Using an External Monitor 2023-03-03 09:00am
Dynamic Viewports with CSS 2023-02-08 09:00am
My Coffee Maker Just Makes Coffee 2023-01-09 09:00am
I Want to Suckless and You Can Too 2022-12-23 09:00am
Adventures in Creating a Minimal Alpine Linux Installer 2022-12-08 09:00am
Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 09:00am
Do You Have an Extra $10? 2022-11-23 09:00am
Embracing Slow Tech 2022-11-22 09:00am
Migrating from GitHub to sourcehut 2022-11-14 09:00am
Never Do Spec Work for Free 2022-11-07 09:00am
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero 2022-11-04 09:00am
Avoiding Featurism 2022-10-14 09:00am
Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery 2022-10-03 09:00am
RE: Creating a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box 2022-09-22 09:00am
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line 2022-09-20 09:00am
Setup Jekyll from Scratch on a New Linux System 2022-09-19 09:00am
Don't Make a Blog, Make a Brain Dump 2022-09-10 09:00am
A Warning for New Designers: Avoid Dribbble 2022-09-08 09:00am
Setting Up Jekyll on Windows 2022-09-02 09:00am
Looping Through Jekyll Collections 2022-08-12 09:00am
Making a Website Under 1kB 2022-08-02 09:00am
Hosting with Codeberg Pages 2022-07-29 09:00am
The Linux Desktop is Hard to Love 2022-07-14 09:00am
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch 2022-07-06 09:00am
Happily Paying For macOS Apps 2022-06-29 09:00am
Clickable Links Inside XML 2022-06-20 09:00am
Schools Should Be Using Open Source Software 2022-05-30 09:00am
RSS Hacks With XSLT 2022-05-23 09:00am
Two Weeks with the DuckDuckGo Browser 2022-05-17 09:00am
This Site is Now a Shinobi Website 2022-05-13 09:00am
Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari's Default Dark Mode Link Color 2022-04-18 09:00am
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers 2022-03-21 09:00am
Setting Up a Pi-hole Server with Eero 2022-03-14 09:00am
Transferring Media from macOS to a Jellyfin Server (Raspberry Pi 4) 2022-03-12 09:00am
February 2022 Update 2022-02-23 09:00am
My Cheapskate Commenting System 2022-02-03 09:00am
Convert Files to HTML with macOS Automator Quick Actions 2022-01-28 09:00am
Chrome OS Could Become the Future Leader of Computing 2022-01-06 09:00am
Icons Should be Complementary - Text is Always Better 2021-12-17 09:00am
Hosting a Jekyll Site on Sourcehut 2021-12-06 09:00am
Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects 2021-12-03 09:00am
Using a New Domain and Switching Static Hosts 2021-11-25 09:00am
Modern Improvements for Default Browser Styles 2021-11-09 09:00am
A Reality Where CSS and JavaScript Don't Exist 2021-11-03 09:00am
Setting Up 1.1.1.1 for Families on a Pi-Hole 2021-10-28 09:00am
Batch Converting Images to webp with macOS Automator 2021-10-15 09:00am
Enabling Safari Extensions with the macOS Catalina Patcher 2021-09-23 09:00am
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog 2021-09-08 09:00am
Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400 2021-08-13 09:00am
Sharing The Things We Use 2021-07-24 09:00am
PS4 Download UI with Pure CSS 2021-06-20 09:00am
CSS Slope Graphs 2021-06-07 09:00am
SOMA Inspired Terminal Display with CSS 2021-05-29 09:00am
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design 2021-05-19 09:00am
Shiny, Animated CSS Buttons 2021-04-27 09:00am
89 Blog Posts in a Single HTML File 2021-04-22 09:00am
Create a Mac App Icon with Pure HTML and CSS 2021-04-13 09:00am
The Lazy Developer's Dark Mode 2021-04-12 09:00am
Click to Load Website Images 2021-03-25 09:00am
Introducing PageRoast 2021-03-11 09:00am
ThriftyName: $5 Brand Names 2021-02-25 09:00am
Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean 2021-02-02 09:00am
Setting Up Fathom Analytics with Netlify 2021-01-19 09:00am
Introducing Notez 2021-01-13 09:00am
Animated Radio Tab Toggles 2021-01-05 09:00am
Disabling Comments in WordPress 2020-12-28 09:00am
Pure CSS Bar Graphs with Graceful Mobile Fallbacks 2020-12-08 09:00am
Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback 2020-12-04 09:00am
Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both? 2020-11-09 09:00am
Menu Toggle with Pure CSS 2020-10-19 09:00am
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout 2020-10-07 09:00am
Simple Navigation Setup in Jekyll 3.9.0 2020-09-29 09:00am
Portable Pi: Cheap Raspberry Pi Zero Hacker Terminal 2020-09-16 09:00am
Over-Engineering an Oil Tank Gauge 2020-09-09 09:00am
My Raspberry Pi Desktop 2020-09-02 09:00am
Linux Mint MacBook Air Setup 2020-08-16 09:00am
Goodbye WordPress, Hello Jekyll (Again) 2020-08-13 09:00am
Improving Github's New Design 2020-07-07 09:00am
Keynote Slides with Pure CSS 2020-06-22 09:00am
Audio Hotkeys on Linux Mint 2020-06-14 09:00am
Quick and Dirty Theme Switcher 2020-06-04 09:00am
Mini Interactive Keyboard with Pure CSS 2020-05-13 09:00am
Fixing LocalWP on Fedora 32 2020-05-06 09:00am
WP Enqueue for Beginners 2020-05-05 09:00am
Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 09:00am
Stripe Menu Dropdowns (CSS) 2020-03-31 09:00am
Base64 All The Things! (Sometimes) 2020-03-18 09:00am
How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 09:00am
Web Development on a $200 Chromebook 2020-01-07 09:00am
Billing for One CSS Change 2019-11-29 09:00am
Very Basic Form Styling 2019-11-13 09:00am
Improving Tufte CSS for Jekyll 2019-11-01 09:00am
Stop Using Sticky Navigation on Mobile 2019-10-06 09:00am
Being More Efficient as a Designer and Developer 2019-09-28 09:00am
Plain Text Emails, Please 2019-09-09 09:00am
Dynamic Checkboxes 2019-07-30 09:00am
Styling Empty Table Cells 2019-07-17 09:00am
Using HTML Validator Badges Again 2019-07-05 09:00am
They Won't Wait: A Warning for Slow Websites 2019-06-25 09:00am
Publishing Simple Books With Jekyll 2019-06-20 09:00am
Using Hamburger Menus? Try Sausage Links 2019-06-14 09:00am
Making Tables Responsive With Minimal CSS 2019-06-11 09:00am
Write HTML Like It's 1999 2019-06-06 09:00am
Using User-Select 2019-06-04 09:00am
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires 2019-05-29 09:00am
Text Align: Justify 2019-05-22 09:00am
Improving Receipt UX 2019-05-15 09:00am
Cut Your Forms in Half 2019-05-09 09:00am
First Letter Pseudo Element 2019-05-03 09:00am
Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menu 2019-04-26 09:00am
CSS Character Unit 2019-04-23 09:00am
Browser History Sucks 2019-04-20 09:00am
Yes, I Still Use jQuery 2019-04-15 09:00am
CSS Value: `currentColor` 2019-04-13 09:00am
CSS: Indenting Text 2019-04-05 09:00am
Simple Does Not Mean Ugly 2019-03-26 09:00am
Skip to Content Button 2019-03-25 09:00am
Prescription Form UI Improvements 2019-03-13 09:00am
Animated Card Tiles 2019-02-27 09:00am
Easy Toggle Switches 2019-02-18 09:00am
Super Mario Blocks in CSS 2019-02-15 09:00am
Proper UI Hierarchy 2019-02-05 09:00am
Tabbed Content Without JavaScript 2019-01-28 09:00am
Easy Custom Radio Inputs 2019-01-21 09:00am
Basic Gulp Build for Sass 2019-01-15 09:00am
Better Box Shadows 2019-01-08 09:00am
Over-Nesting 2019-01-06 09:00am
Using Parent Selectors in CSS 2018-12-19 09:00am
Width or Flex-Basis? 2018-11-28 09:00am
Adaptable Flexbox Grid 2018-11-22 09:00am
What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs? 2018-10-18 09:00am
Using Multiple CSS Background Images 2018-09-28 09:00am
Pure CSS Simple Dropdown Plugin 2018-09-20 09:00am
Simple Accessibility 2018-09-07 09:00am
Setting Up a Free SSL 2018-08-07 09:00am
CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 09:00am
CSS Variables 2018-03-24 09:00am
Stay Hungry 2018-02-12 09:00am
Open Source Typeface Pairings 2018-01-25 09:00am
ET-Jekyll Theme 2018-01-14 09:00am
Chasing Performance 2017-11-20 09:00am
The Death of Personality 2017-11-01 09:00am
Unsolicited Design Review - Dropbox 2017-10-10 09:00am
Goodbye CSS Preprocessors 2017-09-07 09:00am
Designers Need Thicker Skin 2017-07-10 09:00am
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis 2016-11-15 09:00am
Aqua UI CSS Buttons 2016-06-28 09:00am