With industry conversations dominated by AI-first approaches, what does engineering mentoring look like in an AI world where devs write less and less of the code?
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Front-end Dev / Recording Artist / Speaker / Certified A11y Professional (CPACC) / Scuba Diver / Psychologist / Muso Shinden Ryu / PHA F&AM / rightbadcode.com / spotcheck.tools
The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites. Security experts warn that failure to quickly patch the flaws could have dire consequences.
‘This Is Not A Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire
The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites. Security experts warn that failure to quickly patch the flaws could have dire consequences.
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Something cool I finished last week, Accessibility Compat Data’s website: acd.lolaslab.co You can get an overview of the project, learn how to contribute, have a look at our funding proposal, & stay updated on what we’re building. ✨
ACD - Accessibility Compat Data
acd.lolaslab.co
I built a fun little Chrome extension that lets plants invade your abandoned tabs the longer you leave them unread. To access them again, you have to slash through the vines 🪚🌿
Had a great time at #AllThingsOpen speaking and teaching people about the Open Source Accessibility Framework open-source-accessibility.github.io/Open-Source-... #Accessibility #A11y #Governance
Open Source Accessibility Framework
A four-phase framework helping open source projects make accessibility part of their documentation, workflows, testing, and community practices.
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For any new GitHub repo, you'll see that the accessibility is now in the list by default. #Accessibility #A11y
Some will publish podcasts but wait up to 24 hours before adding transcripts instead of publishing them together. The end goal should be to have the transcript ready at the same time as the podcast. This will require multiple teams working together toward that goal.
Why is my name so hard to pronounce for some folks? Until today, I have never been called "Hāmer". #IYKYK
Heading over to All Things Open to help facilitate the open source A11y framework session #AllThingsOpen2026 #A11y #OpenSource www.linkedin.com/posts/github...
Open Source Accessibility Framework for Community-Led Progress | GitHub Education posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Accessibility in open source works best when the whole community can take part. The Open Source Accessibility Framework is a community-led, practical approach that helps projects integrate accessibil...
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Hands down. The Red Moon Rising event in the Division 2 is my favorite event of the entire game. No joke. Between the environment and the cultists, this gameplay is bonkers, in a good way. The game is going to be boring after this event is over in 2 weeks. #TheDivision2 #Gamer
NVDA 2026.3 Beta 5 is now available for testing! www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes in Beta 5: - Updates to translations - Bug fix for NVDA failing to start on Windows 10 versions older than 1903 #NVDA #NVDAsr
NV Access | NVDA 2026.3beta5 available for testing
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🎙️I talked with @sarasoueidan.com by the fire. I hope you enjoy as much as I did. #a11y #webDev rss.com/podcasts/fir...
Sara Souiedan - fireside | Fireside Chat resurrected
Sara Souiedan is a web developer, advocate from Lebanon. She helps people to better understand how to make UI accessible.
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This is actively being thought through. You can see the checklist, or join discussion here: github.com/webmachinele...
WebMCP accessibility review checklist · Issue #272 · webmachinelearning/webmcp
This issue is in response to: RESOLUTION: Initiate wide review of WebMCP with the i18n and a11y groups along with collateral materials. TL;DR This issue contains the accessibility (a11y) review che...
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The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise 19thnews.org/2026/10/disa... #a11y
The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise
Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.
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Another successful block party in the books. The Halloween decoration table was a hit
I wrote about my experience at the @commityourcode.bsky.social last month. alvaromontoro.com/blog/68114/m... The talk was a lot of fun, the audience was great, and the feedback was really encouraging. And, yes, we live coded a Whac-a-Mole game with just HTML and CSS 🐹 Looking forward to next year.
My Commit Your Code'26 Experience
Last month, I participated as a speaker at the Commit Your Code conference in Plano, Texas. The talks, the organization, and the people who attended, made it a very special event that left me with a b...
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Some woman walked across the mat in the dojo with her shoes on and my wife is heated.
Internet is down... Again. 5 times in the last 12 hours.