From bbd7da3a15da997f72108e75121492ddf8c74f9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Chen <me@bchen.dev>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 21:20:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove the navigation buttons entirely, and simplify the
 homepage

---
 _includes/navigation.html   | 23 ++++++-----------------
 index.md => _notes/index.md | 11 ++++-------
 assets/css/global.css       |  1 -
 assets/css/navigation.css   |  4 ++++
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
 rename index.md => _notes/index.md (66%)

diff --git a/_includes/navigation.html b/_includes/navigation.html
index 2766bc7..c0288a5 100644
--- a/_includes/navigation.html
+++ b/_includes/navigation.html
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
 <nav class="navbar">
-    <a href="/" class="nav-logo">
-        <img src="/assets/web-app-manifest-512x512.png" alt="Brendan Chen home" class="nav-logo-icon">
+    <a href="/" class="nav-title">
+        <p>
+            <b>
+                Brendan Chen
+            </b>
+        </p>
     </a>
-    <input type="checkbox" id="hamburger-toggle" class="hamburger-toggle">
-    <label for="hamburger-toggle" class="hamburger">
-        <span class="hamburger-line"></span>
-        <span class="hamburger-line"></span>
-        <span class="hamburger-line"></span>
-    </label>
-    <label for="hamburger-toggle" class="menu-overlay"></label>
-    <ul class="nav-menu">
-        <li class="nav-item">
-            <a href="/" class="nav-link">Home</a>
-        </li>
-        <li class="nav-item">
-            <a href="/projects" class="nav-link">Projects</a>
-        </li>
-    </ul>
 </nav>
diff --git a/index.md b/_notes/index.md
similarity index 66%
rename from index.md
rename to _notes/index.md
index 683b81a..e35de69 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/_notes/index.md
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@
 title: "Brendan Chen"
 layout: default
 isIndexPage: 1
+permalink: /
 ---
 
-# Brendan Chen
-
 I'm Brendan, a recently graduated Software Engineering student who attended Chapman University. I'm currently an associate software engineer at Cargill. I'm also the creator of [OpenAppLock](https://github.com/brendan-ch/OpenAppLock), an open-source time blocker for iOS, and [Interchange](https://interchange.bchen.dev), a free shuttle app for Chapman students.
 
 I believe that no matter which path an app's development takes, it should be grounded in real experiences.
 
 Feel free to [say hi](mailto:brendan@bchen.dev)!
 
-<div class="horizontal-wrapper">
-    <a class="primary-action" href="/projects">View projects</a>
-    <a class="secondary-action" href="/assets/resume.pdf" target="_blank">View resume</a>
-</div>
+- [[Projects]]
+- [View my resume](/assets/resume.pdf)
 
-![Picture of me taken at the Senso-ji Buddhist Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan](assets/me-1.png "Picture of me taken at the Senso-ji Buddhist Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan")
+![Picture of me taken at the Senso-ji Buddhist Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan](../assets/me-1.png "Picture of me taken at the Senso-ji Buddhist Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan")
 
diff --git a/assets/css/global.css b/assets/css/global.css
index 0840123..d8461bd 100644
--- a/assets/css/global.css
+++ b/assets/css/global.css
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ footer {
     width: 100%;
 
     padding-bottom: 32px;
-    padding-top: 64px;
 }
 
 a {
diff --git a/assets/css/navigation.css b/assets/css/navigation.css
index b741ac2..eaf1443 100644
--- a/assets/css/navigation.css
+++ b/assets/css/navigation.css
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
     height: 64px;
 }
 
+.nav-title {
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
 .nav-logo {
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;