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Meaning without markup: Accessibility Object Model on 22 July 2019

Proposals for the Accessibility Object Model include a new way to convey semantics: without markup, directly in JavaScript. This post looks at the proposals and their current status.
Baking accessibility into components: how frameworks help on 24 May 2019

Some thoughts on seeing declarative component frameworks as a way to make the web more accessible, not less.
Component frameworks and web standards on 28 February 2019

Are component frameworks at odds with a vanilla approach to web development? Well, partly, but not as much as I used to think. Some thoughts after I tried a framework.
Content-based grid tracks and embracing flexibility on 23 February 2019

A bit about designing min-content, max-content and auto, and how they can be used.
Three ways to build Crouwel's Hiroshima poster in CSS on 31 January 2019

Recreating old posters, I figured there are at least two approaches to deciding how many grid tracks your component or page needs: one can make it visually perfect, the other is more flexible if content is bound to change.
On the importance of testing with content blockers on 07 January 2019

With more people using tracking protection features, we should test our sites with content blockers.
Overlapping skills in front-end development on 09 September 2018

Last week a poll about CSS got me thinking about the language and overlapping skills in front-end development.
Let's serve everyone good-looking content on 11 August 2018

Now that Grid Layout is seeing more adoption, it seems like a good time to remember that websites don’t need to look the same in all browsers.
An AI reading list on 07 August 2018

Five books about artificial intelligence and the philosophy of AI that I can recommend.
Accessible page titles in a Single Page App on 19 July 2018

According to WCAG 2, criterion 2.4.2, web pages should have titles. How to go about this in a single page world?