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Screen reader testing in 20 minutes
Most developers have never used a screen reader on their own site. Twenty minutes of actual use finds more accessibility issues than most automated audits. Here is the practical version, in detail.
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Mostly about AI. Sometimes math. Sometimes accessibility. Usually short.
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Why AI ethics and AI safety are different fields
They get conflated in the discourse, and the conflation leads to arguments where both sides are answering different questions. Here is the actual distinction.
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Training on AI-generated data is the next mess
The open web is filling with text generated by LLMs. The next generation of LLMs will be trained on it. The compounding problem has a name, and the solutions so far are partial.
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prefers-reduced-motion: what it doesn't solve
Adding the media query is necessary and not sufficient. Here's what it covers, what it doesn't, and what you still have to design around.
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The overlay industry is selling compliance as a product
A line of JavaScript on your site promises to make it accessible. It doesn't. It sells your legal exposure down for a fee, and leaves actual disabled users worse off than before.
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Why softmax is a temperature knob
Softmax is usually presented as a formula that converts scores into probabilities. It is better understood as a dial between 'I am certain' and 'I have no idea.'
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AI alt text: what it still can't do
Every time a new multimodal model ships, someone claims alt text is solved. It isn't, and the reason is structural, not a matter of model quality.
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The risk that gets us first isn't extinction
Extinction scenarios make for good essays. Most of the actual risk is quieter, slower, and already running.
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EN 301 549 compliance is a floor, not a ceiling
A product can pass a WCAG audit and still be unusable. Compliance is the legal minimum. Real accessibility lives on the other side of it.
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How to actually learn math
Most advice about studying math is written by people whose success happened despite their study habits, not because of them. Here is what I think actually works.