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  • I'm a developer that has done a lot of work in the higher education and finance sectors. Sadly, the 'G' in WCAG is 'guidelines.' It doesn't have teeth; there is no legislation around WCAG. I say 'sadly' because there really should be a solid legal framework for ensuring equal access to resources, not just loose guidelines.

    The largest movement around the ADA and WCAG was about seven years ago. There were a fair amount of lawsuits brought forward against banks and credit unions since they are federally insured and regulated. Higher education was also targeted as they accept federal money. The gist of it was that the owners of the sites in question did nothing to make the sites compatible with assistive technology like screen readers or even basic navigability needs. I don't think most of the suits were successful. They did succeed in focusing attention on the topic.

    If you want a good idea how compatible a site is, this tool is excellent; but not perfect: https://wave.webaim.org

    Organizations are increasingly farming out ADA compliance to companies like AudioEye (https://www.audioeye.com). AudioEye might be considered a bit pricey, but worth it when viewed through lens of it being a lot less expensive than addressing a law suit. It's also less expensive than finding a developer that has accessibility skills on top of all the other inflated technologies that recruiters cram into a job listing.

  • I'm trying to wrap my head around the CTO writing code unless it was from long ago when they were a developer. If that is the case, the CTO should understand that a better or more performant solution is likely over time. I'd say that was a bullet dodged. That's very poor executive behavior.

  • The headline gives far too much attention to Trump and buries the lede. If there is another Republican president, they will be expected to toe the line. This is the initiative of Project 2025. This is the Republican playbook.

  • If I stood up a website with the logo of the company I work for and published a bunch of politically charged lies, I'm pretty sure they'd fire me. They would also quite possibly sue me as to discharge any liability on their side.

  • But there was good news, too. Pesticides presented little to worry about in nearly two-thirds of the foods, including nearly all of the organic ones. Also encouraging: the largest risks are caused by just a few pesticides, concentrated in a handful of foods, grown on a small fraction of US farmland. “That makes it easier to identify the problems and develop targeted solutions,” Rogers says

  • By that logic, initiatives are always affected by an election year. An election of some variety is always around the corner.

    The SCOTUS ruling didn't happen until June, 2023. The president does not set the Supreme Court's agenda.