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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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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 22/07/2026
When do you expect PB2?
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 23/04/2026
Thanks for sharing, @stephaniewalter.bsky.social
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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
You too, mate! Please do, thoughts/feedback/etc. always appreciated x
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 30/03/2026
Haha, fat fingers. Fix on it way #Promance
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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
Thanks; It wasn’t meant to be ironic, more working in the open as I wanted my new site live. Fixed now, cheers.
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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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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 29/05/2025
Looks amazing, as ever! Not looking like I’ll be able to attend this year, but will be keeping an eye out for the videos ❤️
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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
And here’s a link to see what motion cues are - support.apple.com/en-mt/guide/...
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Use iPhone more comfortably while riding in a vehicle
You can get onscreen cues that may help reduce motion sickness while using iPhone in an on-road moving vehicle.
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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
Amazing, thanks mate. And yep, it is 😅
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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 · 04/12/2024
It genuinely looks amazing, mate; I’d love to scoop up the content and refresh the skillset. Hopefully in the new year 🤞🏼
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 28/11/2024
www.etsy.com/listing/1175...
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Funky A11Y Short-sleeve Unisex T-shirt - Etsy
This Gender-Neutral Adult T-shirts item by HTMLZ has 2 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Charlotte, NC. Listed on Aug 9, 2024
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 26/11/2024
Thank you so much, folks! Wasn’t expecting many/any replies, let alone folks I admire in the a11y community!
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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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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 19/11/2024
Ooof, nice. Hope you enjoy, mate.
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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 · 18/11/2024
Oh mate, I was bouncing last night! That rushing TD from JA17, perfection. #GoBills
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 18/11/2024
Yes! Not quite “rest”, but my partner and I did lots of dusty renovation work on my house, ready for more decorating post-Christmas. I ache like heck today, but it was time well spent, and making fun memories in the process.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 18/11/2024
Morning, friend!
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 18/11/2024
Hand raised.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 15/11/2024
Absolutely agree. Manchester isn’t, Blackpool is 🫡
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 15/11/2024
Great stuff, thanks!
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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 · 13/11/2024
Goood morning, friend!
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 06/11/2024
I don’t blame you, it’s really quite depressing.
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Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co · 06/11/2024
Welcome, friend!
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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
100%. After spending a nice, chilly weekend in Keswick, didn’t quite get a crumble, however, did get a banging beef stew and cobbler.
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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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