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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 27/07/2026

The ”State of Devs 2026” survey is currently open! It's run by the same folks who do the other “State of…” surveys, but this one is about us rather than the technology. Lots of interesting questions around AI, career trajectory, our goals, etc. Check it out:

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 09/01/2026

Hello! 👋 I'm looking for work, preferably design systems or accessibility related. Feel free to reach out! #designSystems #accessibility

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Kit @a11yartificer.com · 15/12/2025

It's hard to be amidst the holidays looking for work, but if you're looking for 8yrs of #accessibility designer , a #UX designer, or are up for a pivoting junior product manager - I'd love if you kept me in mind.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 09/11/2025

It's even worse if the video has text on the bottom.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 09/11/2025

Yikes. A little itty-bitty shadow isn't going to help this horrendous contrast, YouTube... #a11y

Screenshot showing YouTube's playback controls over the white background of a video. A color contrast analysis tool sits on top, comparing the color of the icons + text, with the color of the background of these controls. The color contrast fails with a ratio of 2.12 to 1.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 27/10/2025

"It's not about X — it's about Y." "It's not just X, it's Y". "Impactul contemplating sentence X. short sentence A. short sentence B. short sentence C." "It's not X — it's Y, which makes it A, B and C." I'm sick of LinkedIn AI-generated brainrot.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 08/07/2025

Oooh! Avatar! Damn, it took me a while.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 03/07/2025

Who's the monolingual tech bro that decided it's a good idea to auto translate and auto dub YouTube videos by default, while also not providing an option to change the audio track on the mobile web version? #rant

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 02/07/2025

One thing I mistakenly assumed starting out was that assistive technology only meant screen readers. I wasn't aware of voice commands. Of course this led to some issues with 2.5.3 Label in Name and an overuse of aria-label.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 27/06/2025

I'm not Dutch (so someone please double check the links) but from my experience I can link you to: The Digital Accessibility Dashboard dashboard.digitoegankelijk.nl Dutch government - list of all organizations, sites and apps dashboard.digitoegankelijk.nl/zoeken

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Dashboard DigiToegankelijk

Hoe toegankelijk zijn de websites en apps van de Nederlandse overheid? Check het zelf!

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 07/05/2025

Thank you, Figma! That's exactly what we need more of: unmaintainable inaccessible AI-generated code. And it's a paid feature! "Publish high-quality websites", my ass. This could at most be used for prototyping.

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Patrick Brosset @patrickbrosset.com · 05/05/2025

The web platform has been missing an imperative way to let users of assistive technology know that something has changed on the page, when no DOM changes occurred. The Aria Notify API aims to bridge that gap. Try it out and let us know what you think!

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Creating a more accessible web with Aria Notify

We're excited to announce the availability, as a developer and origin trial, of ARIA Notify, a new API that's designed to make web content

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 26/04/2025

@vivaldibrowser.bsky.social Disabling link navigation via keyboard Tab key by default is the worst thing you could do for accessibility! Please reconsider! I had to look up a fix to feel sane again... forum.vivaldi.net/post/409607

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Links with href attributes not keyboard-focusable

I think there actually is still a bug here because the "Focus All Controls" setting is available under both Keyboard and Webpages (and it seems that only the...

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Sara Joy ☠️ @sjoy.lol · 24/04/2025

Signed. Go sign.

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Cyril Reze @cyrez.dev · 24/04/2025

Take the State of Devs 2025 survey! This survey is for anybody who works or studies as a developer, programmer, or engineer, no matter their experience level or background. survey.devographics.com/survey/state...

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 05/03/2025

Finally finding the time to watch more Axe-Con 2025 recordings. There are some insightful and eye-opening presentations (e.g. @ashleyshoo.bsky.social, @ericwbailey.website), and then there are the ones that feel like AI generated ads... #accessibility #axecon

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 25/02/2025

If it's for the good of the people, of course I'm all for it. I just find it hard to believe we'll ever get to 100% with AI, automation and zero human professional knowledge. Screenshot from the presentation:

Deque Vision

100% of accessibility development, testing and fixing can be done with zero specialized accessibility knowledge with deque solutions.

Deque is the fastest and easiest approach to delivering the most cost-effective digital accessibility.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 25/02/2025

I agree the AI generated images were a bad decision. I know we're all aboard the AI train in the dev world, but that doesn't mean the art community feels the same way about it.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 25/02/2025

They backtracked a bit in the Q&A, saying we still need a professional to check the AI's work and make the final call. But at the same time they said we can achieve 100% automation and zero false positives. Huh? That doesn't make sense if AI isn't always reliable.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 23/02/2025

Wait, I'm confused about this one, when would it be used? Isn't the purpose of aria-hidden to hide content from assistive technology only? "Display: none" visually hides as well.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 22/02/2025

Oh wow! I didn't even notice the ♿ icon at first, I just thought it was the letter "b". It blends in very nicely!

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 05/02/2025

Didn't know about this! Thank you for sharing!

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 04/02/2025

Oh, I see, that makes sense. Thank you for the reply and for the data!

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 02/02/2025

Deque writes: "Failing to comply with the EAA could mean fines as high as €500,000 and even jail time". But this is pretty vague. My last option is probably to talk about the lawsuits in the US...

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Another 20 top European Accessibility Act (EAA) questions answered | Deque

Our digital accessibility experts have answered a new set of 20 urgent European Accessibility Act (EAA) questions. Get the compliance info you need!

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 02/02/2025

I'm preparing a presentation about the upcoming European Accessibility Act and I'm already 99.9% sure it won't hit unless I provide proof of past fines. Does anyone know of any lawsuits that were filed in Europe after 2020 when Web Accessibility Directive came into effect? 🙏

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 27/01/2025

Feedback is welcome! Let me know if I could have done/written anything differently.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 27/01/2025

The community's main accessibility frustration with Cara is the inability to add alt text. I explored this from a different perspective and shared my findings with the Cara community on Discord #cara #accessibility #a11y #altText

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Cara - Beyond missing alt text | Blog - Teodora Chiosa

Writing about web development, with a focus on accessibility

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 21/01/2025

Most people lack the time and resources to pursue legal action. But I could be wrong... I'm interested to know other opinions.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 21/01/2025

Making accessibility a core part of an organization's culture and mindset is incredibly difficult. I believe the current laws are insufficient. Most companies aren't afraid of lawsuits because the average person doesn’t even realize suing is an option.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 21/01/2025

From my experience, it's easier to convince a development team to get involved with accessibility. The real challenge lies with those higher up in the hierarchy, who often refuse to acknowledge the issue.

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 16/01/2025

This is so cool! You can use this directly in VSCode to preview your markdown code and then you can save it as PDF/PPT/HTML. ❤️ I was looking for an easy way to make an accessible presentation with headings and alt text and I didn't wanna use clunky old PowerPoint.

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Marp for VS Code - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio Code - Create slide deck written in Marp Markdown on VS Code

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 14/01/2025

I think the confusion comes from articles talking about supporting HTML5 features on older browsers. But people must not realize that the anchor tag is very well supported. www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial...

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Page Regions

Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 07/01/2025

A monthly newsletter I can actually recommend is the one from WebAIM, the folks that gave us WAVE and yearly accessibility reports. You can also just read the content without a subscription, by accessing the newsletter archive: webaim.org/newsletter/a... #a11y #accessibility

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WebAIM: Newsletter

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Teodora Chiosa @chiosa.dev · 06/01/2025

I've been loving this series, "What in the world is WCAG?". It's beginner-friendly and has many practical examples. I always look forward to each episode. Huge thanks to Jessica Chambers (@badcandy.bsky.social) for putting so much effort into this! 💜 #a11y #accessibility #wcag

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What in the World is WCAG? - YouTube

A fun series that teaches the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in a way that's easy to understand, with lots of cats.

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