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My name is Claire. I am a software engineer at Microsoft.

I write HTML, CSS and JavaScript (usually in TypeScript) that works in a framework (React, Angular, etc) or frameworkless environment for a living. Accessibility is good design.

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A blog... in 2023

A blog... in 2023

It feels weird. Not wrong... just classic. With a particular social media platform now owned by a fascist I felt it prudent to get this figured out again. I may not write, I may write a ton. I thought I might actually start posting pictures on my...

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Why can't we solve accessibility with a one line script tag?

This is a good question. There are some companies that'd like to beg to differ (such as AccessiBe, which is rubbish). This post is not for them. It's for you. They know what they're doing (and not...

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Front-end development is not automatically easy. Project timelines should reflect that.

Front-end development is not automatically easy. Project timelines should reflect that.

I've had the title of "front-end engineer" in some sort of capacity for almost 9 years now. In these 9 years, one thing has not changed: | "Oh, that's just HTML and CSS, that'll take like, 2 days right?" This could be true, but it is not usually...

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Style guides are good, actually.

These invaluable tools keep paying dividends.

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