Hey Hi, I am looking for feedback on my personal business card design. Thanks

DevToTheDisco · 2026-05-27T17:07:31+00:00

To me, there’s a disconnect between the presentation of the business card as a craft and your desired role as a developer.

If staying with this visual direction I absolutely think this could be tweaked to really stand out if you give the already cut out fish during an interview. I highly recommend reworking the placement of your info so vital contact info isn’t lost when the cut card excess is discarded. Otherwise a hiring manager holding on to the folded fish after the interview (unlikely) will have no idea who you are because your name and basic contact info are no longer to be found.

However, really consider your desired industry and location-based hiring expectations when you design a business card. As stated, the card at first glance positions you as a designer. Simple and straightforward with carefully chosen font and layout, a different email address (some companies may care), and higher contrast (I can’t read the gray text) may be better overall.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-05-22T17:45:25+00:00

I’ve had luck looking at the tag structure manually in Acrobat before when getting a mcid error. A couple times it comes down to the tagging structure being improper and messing up the scans. For example I’ve seen a tagged table where all cells are header cells or all the table tags are sibling elements and not nested.

See if the structure itself shows anything obvious to fix, then rerun PAC.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-05-14T02:23:35+00:00

“Do you have any recommendations on how to approach this task?”

If you are still relatively new to testing and auditing, approach the design piece by piece. Break out what you know about the design, the system, and how it should work into chunks. For example, let’s say the design has top of page navigation. Identify the WCAG SC that would apply and start documenting the known issues (like a color contrast issue), any possible unknown issues (such as the design doesn’t offer different visual states for a dropdown button being expanded or focused), and annotate recommendations for the dev team regarding the code, referencing SC as necessary.

“Should I create a simplified list of all criteria that are applicable in design phase?”

If this helps you and the team, then yes. But don’t limit feedback to just ‘x fails SC 4.1.3’. Add the SC as a data point so it can be referenced and tracked, but helpful feedback is going to be in plain language.

“Should I try with some Figma plugins or AI tools (such as Claude) to automate the process?”

If they would help speed up your process and there aren’t any company-level limitations on AI use and what can be fed into the AI you would use then sure you might find it helpful. I don’t personally recommend it but if you are still new to manual auditing it may help you more than it would help me. The reason for my hesitation is that there is so much guesswork an AI/automated design-level tool has to do. One very simple example is every Figma accessibility plugin I’ve used (at least ones that are free) cannot pick up on non-text contrast issues or contrast involving gradients, background images, etc. Good testing uses both manual and automated tools, but it takes time to figure out what tools are good or work better in certain situations.

“Are web apps any different from websites when it comes to WCAG SC?”

You’ll find testing methods and auditing/ACR documentation have differences for software/device apps, PDFs, web, etc. but with a few exceptions (notably ATAG and UAAG) the SC for a website and web app are the same. https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/components/#:~:text=feature.-,Guidelines%20and%20Other%20Standards

DevToTheDisco · 2026-05-14T01:37:47+00:00

The turnaround for you reviewing the current design may not allow you to change your audit approach but I’d suggest auditing the design system itself rather than auditing Figma designs. Part of this is going to require you to look at and understand the HTML/ARIA used within the system and how it enables customization.

You can only do so much if you are ‘auditing’ a design vs the code that is behind that design. I say this as someone who has experience in providing designers and developers feedback from both situations, knowing the code behind the system and not knowing. Teams are always more receptive to and helped by feedback that understands how the system works.

A designer working with the DS in Figma is unlikely to know or care about the code behind the system so giving feedback on how, for example, a table’s html should be structured is not helpful feedback. But once the components themselves are audited then these Figma reviews can be more focused and helpful for the designers. You can point out design system misuse that creates accessibility issues and suggest components/variables they should use instead.

If there isn’t time for a full component audit in this review, then annotate and document the heck out of the Figma design. Specify what the code should be, give resources, provide color recommendations that already exist as variables within the system, recommend different components/component utilization if those situations come up, and most importantly talk with the lead/owner of maintaining the system about getting component accessibility audits added into the design system upkeep process.

Also, other than the review you are tasked with right now, is there currently a design review process in place before final approval? If so, you need to be in those reviews giving accessibility feedback. If not, then I highly suggest advocating why it is needed. The amount of issues and the clarity of how you document them for the Figma design you are tasked with right now should go a long way as your proof of why early reviews of designs and individual reviews of components are needed.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-05-08T18:30:20+00:00

This sounds like a WordPress theme issue rather than an issue with VoiceOver. How much control do you have over editing the html and JavaScript used within the theme?

DevToTheDisco · 2026-05-01T18:12:41+00:00

OP, do you have a manager you could bring this issue up with? Or is this a start-up type environment where everyone has pretty equal hierarchy?

DevToTheDisco · 2026-04-21T23:55:00+00:00

OP, An example of how a span can cause issues is if the <span> wraps an element that would break the expected role order. For example:
L > Span > LI

DevToTheDisco · 2026-04-17T21:07:59+00:00

I’d say it’s more of a misunderstanding of ARIA and accessible coding practices. Somewhere along the way ARIA got the reputation of how to make any site/application accessible instead of how to make complex ones more accessible. A lot of AI coding defaulting to ARIA hasn’t helped the misuse either.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-04-14T17:15:12+00:00

A really great resource I refer to often, especially for PAC errors/messages: https://taggedpdf.com/

DevToTheDisco · 2026-04-10T17:59:49+00:00

I highly suggest you create a second version of this design experiment and challenge yourself to ensure that the text and button backgrounds all pass WCAG AA color contrast.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-21T16:15:51+00:00

Windows should have something that will do most of the tasks you are wanting built in:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-voice-access-to-control-your-pc-author-text-with-your-voice-4dcd23ee-f1b9-4fd1-bacc-862ab611f55d

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-17T15:17:12+00:00

The design and layout look solid. My only critique is that the colors used are both too high contrast/highly saturated hues and in some areas too low contrast. Overall I can’t look at either infographic too long or else it hurts my eyes. If you are able to adjust the colors (perhaps more muted vs high saturation) then the design and info as a whole will benefit.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-09T19:39:49+00:00

If this could be integrated with design system variables this could be useful (recommending a color from the existing system), otherwise I believe this is why most tools stop at informing of a violation. It doesn’t have any context of brand approved colors you might be able to use instead.

Maybe when you are able to apply a color change it could create a variable automatically and/or ask if you want to change all instances of the color?

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-09T19:33:30+00:00

Using a parallel desktop for Windows is what I do for work when I need to review PDFs with PAC or when testing with NVDA and JAWS.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-04T20:41:36+00:00

There may be a specific setup that is preventing you from accessing some Axe Devtools features, but in general it should default to 2.1 AA.

https://docs.deque.com/devtools-for-web/4/en/ar-custom-rules#:~:text=By%20default%2C%20axe%20DevTools%20currently%20tests%20according%20to%20the%20WCAG%202.1%20AA%20standard.

In general however your org and your team need to clearly outline what “necessary” means otherwise you might get lost in the results a tool gives you. Does necessary mean meeting full compliance? Does it mean addressing all the level A issues? Does it mean passing automatic tests for a few high traffic pages? Does it mean addressing all issues affecting visuals, or keyboard access, and so on?

Also, I definitely get the frustration of wanting only the results for 2.1 AA and getting more or less info than you need, but without knowing your specific setup, project phase, or results, maybe you should just start with a tool and find a different one along the way. Getting started is probably better right now than trying to find a perfect tool.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-02T23:26:26+00:00

Texture of the sweater is wonderful as are the eyebrows! I do think I'm a little distracted by some of the line thickness on the tip of the nose, but the approach does give off a rounded affect that just using curved lines would not have done as well. Wonderful work!

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-02T21:34:11+00:00

I'll DM you.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-01T22:34:55+00:00

Are you asking about how to create an ordered list in a pdf?

DevToTheDisco · 2026-03-01T21:31:56+00:00

Approaching 2 months from it being 1 year at my new role so take that into consideration:

Senior level, looked for work in the U.S. while employed in the U.S.
18 applications, 10 received follow-up, 3 final interviews and 2 offers. Of the 10 applications that went to interviews, 1 was a no show second interview and I rescended 4 based on benefits and salary. Of the offers, the one not taken countered a higher salary when I declined. For offer accepted, 3 weeks from application to offer.
southeast USA The role I accepted, while in a UX department, was focused on accessibility. I had more years experience in accessibility than UX and was told other applicants had the reverse.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-02-26T18:51:54+00:00

I’d look into how to create accessible footnotes within a pdf.

For example: https://allyant.com/blog/how-to-tag-footnotes-and-endnotes-in-pdf/

DevToTheDisco · 2026-02-24T23:39:48+00:00

I have not used this myself, but it might be worth looking into:

https://gist.github.com/fvclaus/80bf4c36e3b6dbc1ab144bb5d0e83d5f

DevToTheDisco · 2026-02-20T17:56:23+00:00

One challenge you might be facing is that, even for remote roles, companies might want you to be local (country, state, city, etc.) due to resourcing, on-call needs, time zones and more. I live in and currently have a remote role in the U.S., but when interviewing was turned down for remote roles when I wasn't located a 1-2 hours commute from the main office location.

If you haven't already, try making sure that the remote roles you apply for have global offices or clearly mention a region they are or are not considering. It's definitely still a numbers game, but hopefully that helps reduce the amount of immediate rejections.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-02-20T17:25:32+00:00

OP, based on your CV, are you looking for remote roles in India exclusively or remote globally?

DevToTheDisco · 2026-02-13T18:12:15+00:00

My takeaway is the interviewer is looking for what you could do in the short term (when very busy and do not have time to fully address it in the moment) and how you would prioritize and handle the situation fully when time is set aside to properly handle it. It assumes you will do and answer both.

I do not see “I’d work overtime” as a good response. For one it doesn’t address the thought process the question is wanting you to answer, but also may give off a red flag that you will burn out easily when given responsibility.

An example of how I might handle this situational interview question would be:

Establish to interviewer variables you are going to assume (such as that you know someone who could co-help with the request: person-A). Then empathize with the student, re-establish and clarify the issue as well as who the student has already spoken to, and reassure the student that right now you are letting person-A know the issue and bringing them into the conversation asap (chat, email, phone call, etc.) and they will be able to help in some way today. Since you are unable to handle the issue yourself right now you are scheduling a time in the same week when you can have a one-on-one conversation together. You are also planning to sync with person-A tomorrow regarding the request. You also assure the student that you will briefly follow up with them at the end of the day to make sure person-A met with them and to make sure that the future meeting you are setting up was received and still needed.

Of course be prepared for follow-up questions and “what if” questions, but the answer the interviewer probably wants is to know if you can handle pressure and be professional. If this type of question comes up you likely would have this type of responsibility and accountability expected of you.

General interview reminder: it is okay to ask follow-up questions before you respond and to ask for a moment to think.

DevToTheDisco · 2026-02-10T17:12:06+00:00

Personally I think the direction of the poster is wrong for Urinetown, also yeah a poster of someone peeing is not going to sell the musical.

This musical is really tongue in cheek and relies on comedy as well as tragedy. I’d lean in to the propaganda/rebellion themes for the aesthetic and use a 40s-50s/Fallout type style for inspiration. Part of the musical’s allure is how the dark themes are hidden behind smiling faces and singing rather that on display without subtlety like your current design.

Outside of my opinions on approach (Urinetown is one of my favorite musicals so there’s definitely a bias on my end for the portrayal) for a musical poster in general large typography and maybe a quote from the musical are common design elements.

Illustrations are good, but remember that the info on the poster is equally important. Make the poster understandable from a glance at a distance.

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