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Andy Carter

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Tech Team Lead at Evoluted in the Steel City of Sheffield. I'm a PHP and JavaScript developer working with Laravel and CakePHP. I like to talk about the importance of digital accessibility. (He/Him) andycarter.dev

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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 29/06/2026
I'm speaking at @nuxuk.bsky.social Sheffield this Thursday evening. I'll be sharing my personal experiences of 'blowing up' the Web, looking at problematic UX and broken layouts when we enlarge websites. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nux-sheffi...
First slide from my 'Honey I Blew Up the Web' talk
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 24/06/2026
Hay fever, heat and contact lenses are not a great combination. 😭
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 22/06/2026
Notes on the inaugural Developers Up North conference: andycarter.dev/blog/the-ina... #dunc26
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The inaugural Developers Up North
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Harry Roberts @csswizardry.com · 19/06/2026
Today, I spoke at the inaugural #DUNC26 in Hull—a real gem of a city. The conference packed so much diversity of content into a one-day, one-track event, BUT! My favourite takeaway is that every single speaker listed a personal site/blog in their slides. I visited every one of them. What a day.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 17/06/2026
I'm listening to a podcast and they're talking about fatty caterpillars. A bit of a coincidence considering I'm on my way to speak about a hungry caterpillar at Developers Up North in Hull tomorrow. 🐛 #dunc26
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 15/06/2026
How to write effective alt text (and why it's important) www.evoluted.net/blog/design/how-to…
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How to write effective alt text (and why it's important)
Learn why alt text is essential for creating an inclusive, accessible browsing experience. With practical tips for crafting clear, useful descriptions.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 12/06/2026
Less than a week to go before I take to the stage at Developers Up North. www.developersupnorth.co.uk #dunc26
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 02/06/2026
Finally tried using PHPStorm again due to this post. I am really impressed by how much more accessible it has become.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 18/05/2026
A perfect Lighthouse score doesn’t mean an accessible website andycarter.dev/blog/a-perfect-light…
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A perfect Lighthouse score doesn’t mean an accessible website
Chrome’s Lighthouse provides an invaluable tool for identifying accessibility concerns. However, people often misunderstand what the given score means.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 14/05/2026
It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day next Thursday. I’ll be at @leedsphp.bsky.social the day before speaking about why backend engineers need to consider digital accessibility. www.meetup.com/leedsphp/eve... #php #accessibility #GAAD
Leeds Dock.
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Viewport @viewportconf.org · 09/05/2026
Coming to Liverpool in spring 2027, Viewport is a conference about the web, the people who build it, and the people we build it for. Follow for updates, and sign up for our mailing list. No spam, we Promise.resolve();
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Viewport 2027 — An independent conference about the web
An independent conference about the web, the people who build it, and the people we build it for. Liverpoo, Spring 2027.
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Mike Hall @mikehall314.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I’ll just leave this here for now. viewportconf.org #web #conference
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 08/05/2026
Yesterday, I attended the final, and my first, All Day Hey. I’ve come away feeling very enthusiastic and motivated about the Web, despite the challenges we currently face. andycarter.dev/blog/the-fin... #AllDayHey
The stage at All Day Hey
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 07/05/2026
Team Evoluted is on the train to Leeds for #AllDayHey. Come say hi if you see me. 👋
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 30/04/2026
Looking forward to next Thursday. We're heading up to Leeds with a team of us from Evoluted.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 23/04/2026
I'm excited to announce that I am speaking at the Developers Up North conference this June in Hull. 🎉 www.developersupnorth.co.uk
Developers Up North — speaker Andy Carter, topic: Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar. June 18th 2026, in Hull, United Kingdom.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 20/04/2026
Toast notifications are now a Laravel default — that's a problem andycarter.dev/blog/toast-notificat…
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 19/04/2026
The importance of captions: ensuring your content is heard www.evoluted.net/blog/design/the-im…
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Why you should add captions to your content: our 3 top tips
Captions are so simple yet offer plentiful benefits. Learn about the importance of captions & our top tips for using them with accessibility expert, Andy.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 01/04/2026
2026's WebAIM Million report suggests we're regressing andycarter.dev/blog/2026s-webaim-mi…
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 23/03/2026
Is your code ready for summer time? andycarter.dev/blog/is-your-code-re…
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Is your code ready for summer time?
The clocks jump forward an hour this weekend. Is your code ready?
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 06/03/2026
Always check the source andycarter.dev/blog/always-check-th…
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 25/02/2026
I'm looking forward to the first Front End Sheffield of 2026. Tomorrow's talk on accessibility and games should be really interesting. Who will be joining me?
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 17/02/2026
Why colour matters for creating an accessible browsing experience www.evoluted.net/blog/design/why-co…
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How Colour Impacts Accessibility - Evoluted
Colour stirs emotion, conveys meaning & influences brand identity. But we don’t all see colour the same. We assess how colour choices impact accessibility.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 12/02/2026
Is it really trivial? andycarter.dev/blog/the-problem-wit…
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Is it really trivial?
‘It’s trivial!’ An expression I often find myself saying. However, the word ’trivial’ can be dangerous, and perhaps I use it to freely.
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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Join us at our #a11y -focused event on February 26th: 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh... @kitation.co.uk will use video games as a comparator to look at how we can introduce fresh ideas into our work as the compliance-lead approach has run out of steam. #FrontEndSheff #Sheffield
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26th Feb '26: The Accessibility Compliance Plateau - Where do we go from here?, Thu, Feb 26, 2026, 6:15 PM | Meetup
We're back at SHU in Room 12.4.12 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE Look for the FES signs up into the lif
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 05/02/2026
Don't forget to test your accessibility solutions andycarter.dev/blog/dont-forget-to-…
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 21/01/2026
Finally, your winner of the Best of 2025 is… Emma Barnsley. Her Greenhill mural is clearly well loved. Congratulations Emma. 💚 The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Large mural featuring a bird, bee and butterfly
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 19/01/2026
Second place goes to Tech Moon. His Lick of Paint mural stands tall at the entrance to the Kelham Island Museum and is stunning! 🤩 The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Wall mural featuring a white Yorkshire rose set in a marble display
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 18/01/2026
In third place is Phlegm for his 'Devonshire Cat' mural. ❤️ It was commissioned by the Festival of the Outdoors. The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Large black and white mural of a giant cat lying down eating human like figures
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 17/01/2026
Forth place goes to Rob Lee for his 'Hills' mural. Commissioned by Sheffield Marketing, it was part of a collaboration with INSA (who came in at 10). The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Large mural featuring a hilly landscape made up of layers split across two walls at a slight angle utilising a Trompe L’oeil effect to make it look like a flat surface
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 16/01/2026
We're half way through the Best of 2025 countdown. In at number 5 is Faunagraphic's Jordanthorpe Centre mural inspired by nature. 💚 The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Mural of a red fox laid down in a forest with its head raised and a red admiral butterfly perched on the fox's nose
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 15/01/2026
Sixth place goes to Alastair Flindall for his Heeley based mural. 👏 The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Colourful mural featuring a saxophone player, a woman playing an unspecified woodwind instrument and abstract shapes in bold reds, greens, pinks and blacks
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 14/01/2026
In at 7 is a Tom J Newell mural (painted by Studio Jumble). Featuring one of Woodseat's exotic parakeets, it was supported by This is Woodseats. 👏 The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Large wall mural of a green parakeet holding a ribbon in its beak with This is Woodseats written on it
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 20/01/2026
The first Front End Sheffield of the year sounds like a good one. @kitation.co.uk is a great speaker to start 2026 with.
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 14/01/2026
I interviewed a few folks last year about this and not to provide spoilers, but it’s a net negative piccalil.li/blog/are-peo...
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Are people’s bosses really making them use AI tools?
Andy Bell had heard companies were forcing employees to use AI tools so spoke to developers to determine if that was the case and learned some horrors in the process.
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 13/01/2026
Eighth place goes to local artist Trik 9. His London Road mural is a colourful celebration of the area's multiculturalism. 🎉 The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Large wall mural featuring two women under a cosmic sky, one a black woman with a large afro dressed in urban fashion, the other an asian woman wearing a headscalf and holding chopsticks. They are surrounded by flowers and a modern city skyline.
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 12/01/2026
In ninth place is another mural from Lick of Paint '25: George Rose's beautiful Wicker mural. The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Mural covering the corner of an old red brick building featuring oversized, stylized flowers in vibrant shades of pink, blue and lime green
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 11/01/2026
Joining INSA in joint tenth place is Romaround's Lick of Paint mural. 🎉 This 'invisible giant' can be found near The Wicker outside Nomad Maison. The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
A large-scale mural on a red brick building featuring a highly detailed giant Antarctic Krill with the shadow of a whale in the background, the krill is formed out of thousands of small dots
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 10/01/2026
It's time to start counting down the top ten murals of 2025 as voted by you, the supporters of Street Art Sheffield. First up, in (joint) tenth place is INSA's 'Rivers' mural in the Heart of the City. 👏 #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
Large wall mural representing flowing water
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 09/01/2026
We're growing our dev team at Evoluted. We're hiring a new PHP/Laravel software engineer. It's a hybrid role, with one day a month in our Sheffield office. Applicants must be based in the UK. 🇬🇧 www.evoluted.net/about/career... #PHP #Laravel #PHPJobs
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PHP Engineer
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 17/12/2025
As 2025 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on what has been a truly rewarding year: andycarter.dev/blog/2025-re...
Andy appearing to hang upside down from the ceiling of a kitchenAndy stood speaking in front of a Tech Mids bannerAndy being interviewed in front of a colourful mural of a kingfisher, an on-screen graphic for ITV News Calendar displays Andy Carter's name and affiliation to Street Art SheffieldClose up of Andy in a blue lit room, in front of a wall featuring the BBC Sounds and Crossed Wires Fringe logos
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 15/12/2025
Where are all the AI generated apps? They're not there because AI is still no replacement for skilled software engineers who can truly understand the heart of a problem and the real needs of the end users. codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/t...
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The Gorman Paradox: Where Are All The AI-Generated Apps?
In 1950, while discussing the recent wave of flying saucer reports over lunch with colleagues at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, physicist Enrico Fermi asked a simple question. There …
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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We're just having a social this month. Taking it easy 🍻 - Come along and join #FrontEndSheff for a low-key xmas hang in town on 18th December: www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...
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18th Dec '25: XHTMLmass Party, Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
No talks this month. But someone of you indicated you'd quite like a social… us too! We'll be at Triple Point Brewery + Bar from 6:30pm on Thursday, 18th December. They se
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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
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Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 08/12/2025
More than half of smartphone users use their accessibility settings andycarter.dev/blog/more-th... #accessibility #a11y
As someone who browses the Web with increased text size (according to Appt's research, 26% of people do), this is unfortunately my lived experience.
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 03/12/2025
It's that time of year again. We need your votes for the best new mural of 2025. Head over to best.streetartsheffield.com and cast your votes from our shortlist. #Sheffield #StreetArt
Street Art Sheffield Best of 2025 vote now
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 04/12/2025
It’s been a week since I gave my last talk of 2025. I’m already busily planning a couple of new talks that I'm eager to deliver in 2026.
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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · 03/12/2025
This afternoon I've been working on some exciting content for a project Evoluted is going to be running with in 2026. Can't say much yet, but it's something I've been advocating to do for a while. I'm really pleased I have been given the opportunity to get this going. ❤️
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Kevin Marks @kevinmarks.com · 27/11/2025
#FrontEndSheff where AI is getting the code it generates from.
An old man shows a younger man a lock up garage full of random boxes of stuff and says:
“One day Son all this will be yours.”
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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
#AI is not a substitute for junior developers. Junior developers are how you grow senior developers 🌱
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