I built a free WCAG scanner because I kept shipping accessibility regressions
The pattern that pushed me to build this: I'd fix an accessibility issue, ship, and a few deploys later it would quietly come back. A contrast tweak u…
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Your app can save someone from having a panic attack (a real-life story)
As I'm observing engineers, I notice that most of them share the same characteristic: unending loads of curiosity. You, software developers, are deepl…
Accessible Forms in React Native: A Complete Reference Guide
Forms are everywhere in mobile apps - authentication flows, data entry, support requests, onboarding... If your app has a login screen, a form is like…
I Built an Accessible React Component Library from Scratch — Here's What I Learned
Why I built it Every time I started a new React project I'd reach for a UI library and hit the same wall. The big ones (MUI, Chakra) bring too much op…
Website Accessibility Audit: The Complete Guide (WCAG 2.2)
A **website accessibility audit is a structured review of a website against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) — the technical standard c…
Frontend Engineering Beyond Pixels: The Architecture of Digital Accessibility
From a high-level perspective, frontend engineering functions as the translation layer between raw, machine-readable data and human interaction throug…
AccessLens — a blind person's lanyard, powered by Gemma 4 on-device
This is a submission for the Gemma 4 Challenge: Build with Gemma 4 What I Built AccessLens is an Android app that turns a Pixel 8 worn on a lanyard in…
L.E.N.S. — A private photography coach for blind and low-vision artisans
L.E.N.S. (Local Edge Native Studio) is a voice-guided photography coach that runs Gemma 4 E4B locally through Ollama — so a maker can verify and impro…
AI-generated accessibility, an update — frontier models still fail, but skills change the game
A few months ago I shared early results from the A11y LLM Eval project, a benchmark that measures how accessibly LLMs generate UI code. The previous p…
Building a Clinical Speech-Therapy App With a Real SLP: 4 Lessons From PhoenixSteps
Originally published on the AstroLexis blog . Cross-posted here for the community. My son's speech-language pathologist became my co-founder. PhoenixS…
You Got an ADA Demand Letter. Now What?
ADA-related demand letters targeting websites have grown roughly 14% year-over-year since 2018. If you just received one, here's what to do — and what…
We shipped an on-device Japanese braille reader — here's why offline-first was non-negotiable
The problem sitting in plain sight There's braille on train handrails, elevator buttons, and pill boxes all over Japan. Most people walk past it every…
Accessible error messages: the patterns that work across JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver
You added aria-live="assertive" . You set aria-invalid="true" . You tested in Chrome with a mouse. The error message works perfectly. Then a JAWS user…
Why ADA Lawsuits Are Now Targeting Small Web Agencies — And What Developers Need to Know
Posted by Huzefa Merchant — ML Engineer | linkedin.com/in/huzefa-merchant Web accessibility lawsuits in the US crossed 5,000 in 2025 — a 37% increase …
Accessibility Guardian — AI-Powered WCAG Auditor That Thinks
This is a submission for the Gemma 4 Challenge: Build with Gemma 4 What I Built Accessibility auditing tools like axe-core are great at finding WCAG v…
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2026: A Small-Business Action Plan for the Week Leading Up to May 21
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is on May 21 this year. It is the third Thursday in May, the way it always has been since 2012, and it is the one d…
Accessible and Functional Quantity Spinbutton Pattern
Hey! This is Mica writing, a human not an AI agent (nothing against them, not discrimination of any kind is allowed here). Just a brief disclaimer bef…
We built a braille reader that runs entirely on your iPhone — no server, no photos sent anywhere
The problem we kept noticing Braille is everywhere in Japan — train handrails, elevator buttons, pill packaging, ATM panels. Most people walk past it …
Structure, Code, and Accessibility: Building with Purpose
Most of my work starts with a simple idea: if something is clear, predictable, and well-structured, it becomes more accessible to more people. That pr…