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Chris Gibbons

@gbbns.co
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Design Engineer • Front End • Accessibility • Design systems • Framework agnostic • Astro • Northerner • Swearer • LFC • Buffalo Bills • Walker of Wainwrights 🔗 - gbbns.co

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Now we're talking! "...the industry pretends the problem is about awareness. It isn’t about awareness. It’s about who’s writing the front-end code, and whether they’re qualified to write it." I couldn't agree more, @gbbns.co! gbbns.co/journal/acce...
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The Accessibility Problem Isn't Design. It's Engineering. | gbbns.co
Accessibility failures aren't design oversights — they're engineering failures. The full-stack hiring trend, AI-generated code with no context, and a compliance-first mentality have combined to create...
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 09/04/2026
Four pieces on why accessibility keeps failing. Engineering. Design. Organisations. And what it actually looks like when it works, sort of. gbbns.co/journal/what... #Accessibility #Rant
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What Good Actually Looks Like | gbbns.co
The conditions that allow accessibility to take root, what sustains it, and why even the organisations getting it right haven't solved it.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 30/03/2026
Agencies/consultancies that don’t have the skills, or awareness. Enterprises buried in process. And then there’s “phase 2”: the politest way to deprioritise accessibility indefinitely. Part 3 of the series is up. gbbns.co/journal/orga... #Accessibility #Rant
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The Organisation That Never Prioritised It | gbbns.co
Agencies that scope it out, enterprises that bury it in process, and the leadership layer above design and engineering that's been getting away with indifference for decades.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 26/03/2026
The brief never mentioned disabled people. The crit never raised it. The award didn’t ask. And the designer never found out who couldn’t use what they designed. Rant, part 2 - gbbns.co/journal/desi... #Accessibility #Rant
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The Design Brief That Never Mentioned Disabled People | gbbns.co
Accessibility failures start before a line of code is written. They start in briefs that don't ask the question, in crits that don't raise it, and in design leadership that has spent decades being rew...
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 23/03/2026
Same pattern, every team. Designer annotates everything. Design system specifies focus states, heading structure, the lot. Engineering ships something broken anyway. Not an awareness problem. A skills gap the industry built deliberately. Rant here - gbbns.co/journal/acce... #Accessibility
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The Accessibility Problem Isn't Design. It's Engineering. | gbbns.co
Accessibility failures aren't design oversights — they're engineering failures. The full-stack hiring trend, AI-generated code with no context, and a compliance-first mentality have combined to create...
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Nexer_Digital @nexerdigital.com · 27/05/2025
🥁 Drumroll please! Our #CampDigital 2025 schedule is now live! 🚀 Check out our full agenda of talks and workshops, including our keynotes @herahussain.bsky.social, @richardpope.org and @axbom.com, and book your tickets for 3rd July at: www.nexerdigital.com/campdigital/... #Design #Digital #UX
Camp Digital host Shaun Gomm onstage at the RNCM Manchest. The Camp Digital logo is seen on the slide behind Shaun, and projected onto the wall.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
HERO vs ZERO I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore. #SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 04/01/2025
Enjoying embracing the dry January challenge, it’s only been 4 days, which I know is nothing, but, head already feels clearer and sleep is better - despite horrible flu/chest infection.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 18/12/2024
Vehicle motion cues in iOS 18 are a life saver, especially when using the Avanti West coast line… 🥴🤢
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 18/12/2024
Looking forward to a couple of days in Edinburgh with the team. Nice way to round off a throughly decent 2nd half of 2024.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 13/12/2024
Thank you 2024, you’ve been better than last year, lots of good things happened, I’ve learned lots, reconnected with the industry, and had a blast. Thanks to all that have made it the year it’s been, here’s some swears about it - gbbns.co/journal/2024...
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Welcome to gbbns.co
Chris Gibbons is a Design Technologist ~ Principal Eng ~ Engineering Practice Lead ~ Front End/Accessibility/Design Systems consultant - Based in Lancashire
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 10/12/2024
Anyone fancy proof reading a sweary, grammar confused nightmare of a blog post for me?
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 26/11/2024
Accessibility question: Expected behaviour for a user of assistive tech, the Skip to main content link, should it: a) go to and focus the h1 Or b) go to the main content (as one would expect? I know it sounds daft, just trying to get some insights to oust back with. #accessibility #a11y
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 26/11/2024
Any decent block-lists out there?
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 20/11/2024
@jhey.dev @seaotta.bsky.social How are you getting on the BenQ halo lightbar? I’m toying with getting one, but want honest folks feedback.
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Rob Bowley @robbowley.net · 19/11/2024
Bluesky does have email based 2FA and you can (should) turn it on now. Not as good as being able to use an authenticator app, but better than nothing
Screenshot of Bluesky 2FA setting enabled
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 19/11/2024
Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria is running high this morning. Fingers crossed for a good day ahead.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 18/11/2024
Amazed at just how easy it was to use my own domain as my handle! Hopefully folks can still find me 👀
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 15/11/2024
If I change my handle to be my custom domain, does it also update any starter packs I’m tagged in?
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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 15/11/2024
My @perfnow.bsky.social slides will be up soon, but TL;DR: the web is losing, in part because frontend has been captured by charlatans. It's hurting users, and keeping the web from competing. To stave off irrelevance, the open web must deliver for users.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 13/11/2024
Currently I have a production site on 11ty v1, is it worth the effort upgrading it to v3, or moving it entirely over to Astro?
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 06/11/2024
Watching the news, and boy is it depressing. Listening to the incoherent, tangent driven, ramblings of an absolute power-mad maniac 😢
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 06/11/2024
America 💔
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 04/11/2024
RTO mandates are all well and good, until you’ve the point where you’ve been trying to get home for nearly two hours, and still have at least an hour left, all because the infrastructure in your country is awful.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 03/11/2024
Home from an amazing weekend in The Lakes with my amazing girlfriend, absolutely did not want it to end.
Two wine glasses, celebrating a weekend away with loved one.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 31/10/2024
One of the biggest issues faced this year has been how “design leaders” still don’t get accessibility. Good design is nothing if folks can’t use it. That’s not a difficult concept to take in, yet some “design leaders” still need you to justify it. Go figure.
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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Remember the first time you created that index.html, opened in the browser, and it felt like magic? Blake Watson wrote a free online ebook on how to build HTML websites htmlforpeople.com
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HTML for People
HTML isn't only for people working in the tech field. It's for everyone. Learn how to make a website from scratch in this beginner friendly web book.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 13/10/2024
It’s only after stoping to reflect on the year, in prep for an end of year post, I’ve realised how fucked up some of it actually was, but equally how it’s helped me grow. Thankful, as ever, for my amazing support network. Can’t wait to finish it. Already excited for next year.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 17/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #246,257!
Celebrating 10m users, I was #246,257
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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Cats in sombreros as a way to talk about how shit accessibility overlays are. #cats
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What are accessibility overlays?
YouTube video by Heydon Pickering
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 02/09/2024
First day back after a *much* needed two weeks off, and for the first time in a long while, I'm actually looking forward to going back - though the 05:20 alarm was somewhat of a shock 😂
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 31/08/2024
It still amazes me, in the era of cloud computing and scalability, how shambolic services like #TicketMaster still are…
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 22/08/2024
Loving the influx of new followers on here, hoping to start reconnecting with folk and learning, like in the old days of the dead bird site.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 15/08/2024
Out of office set, for the first time in two years I feel like I can truly relax.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 16/06/2024
Looking forward to the beginning of a new chapter tomorrow.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 17/05/2024
Well I might have lost the battle, but I’ll win the war.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 15/05/2024
This weeks vibes.
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Alt: Sad panda on a rocking horse, trying to be positive, with text saying Positive Mental Attitude.
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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 13/05/2024
Friends! It’s Monday. And this week is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD)! You know what that means. 📢 I'm having a GAAD SALE Starting today, you can get the Practical Accessibility course at 25% OFF 🎁⤵️ practical-accessibility.today The sale ends on May 20th. ⏳ #a11y
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Practical Accessibility — A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 11/05/2024
Anxiety flare up, caused, ironically, by putting the fact I have anxiety/ED/depression on a form and now having to wait a call to discuss it.
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Accessibility Manchester @a11ymcr.bsky.social · 10/05/2024
Hi folks 👋
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 10/05/2024
This week has been just the tonic I’ve been needing for a long time. It’s been a long, lonely road, but going to Camp Digital has definitely kicked things back into gear. Hopefully things are on the up 😉
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Chris Pratt Andy Dwyer GIF
Alt: Andy from Parks and recreation rubbing his hands in excitement about something.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 08/05/2024
@sconner.net Great talk, mate. Really enjoyed it, and super relevant to what I’m doing right now.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 12/03/2024
Thinking of an IxDF subscription to help with the sideways move to design… thoughts, folks?
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 16/02/2024
Disappointing that bluesky doesn't have birthday balloons.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 13/02/2024
There's nothing worse (well for me at least) than a shitty event (which youve been waiting for) occuring and then the wait... The wait until it triggers my eating disorder. The last couple of days haven't been great, and I've felt utter shame, but I know I can get back to "normal".
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 02/02/2024
2nd day of Feb, and my 2nd virtual kicking of the month. I’m genuinely not prepared for this, or another 27 days of this.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 01/02/2024
Currently sat in a dark room with a tear or two in my eyes. I'm sure it'll all be fine, eventually, but today can go fuck itself.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 01/02/2024
Based on how today has gone, here's hoping the rest of February pans out better.
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