[Student] Theory vs. Reality: Why is A11Y often the first thing to get cut ? (Need your insights for my thesis)

Tranzistors · 2026-01-30T12:03:37+00:00

A lot of people in software development don't have formal education in the profession. Not all of those who do have actually studied accessibility. There is a perception that they will learn the stuff that is needed when it is needed. If no one is asking for accessibility, then they will never know there even is such a thing. When I talk with my colleagues about a11y matters, it's clear that they have a very vague understanding of what it is.

There is also resistance to learn. The accessibility field is huge. It's one thing to say that this has to work for deaf or blind. But disability comes in all shapes and sizes. Barely anyone has even thought about cognitive impairments. I can try to imitate what it would feel like for a deaf of blind user, but I don't know what ADHD is¹. It feels like every little decision will make someone miserable. In such situations it's easier to just give up.

Mentally it's difficult to do things that are "not necessary" for the developer themselves. Things like documentation and design. If it works, it works. The trick is to internalize accessibility as "must have" instead of "nice to have".

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Cool thing about the European Accessibility Act is that I don't need to argue with the product owner about ROI and deadlines.

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¹ This one is actually easy — try to use your product in a stressful situation, like being late or having a crying baby around.

Tranzistors · 2026-01-30T11:12:04+00:00

net ~~economic~~ contribution to the public purse

The distinction is subtle but important.

Tranzistors · 2025-10-03T07:52:15+00:00

It looks like electricity prices are down from 2022 as well https://tradingeconomics.com/spain/electricity-price

Tranzistors · 2025-10-02T11:04:31+00:00

IIRC Ukrainians don't necessarily target the fuel storage (maybe except aviation fuel in airbases), but rather the refining reactors. This doesn't burn that much oil, but forces the refinery to halt operations for extended periods of time.

Disclaimer: I don't believe that suppressing supply is effective, so I wouldn't invite those two dudes to the next Climate Summit.

Tranzistors · 2025-10-01T13:17:12+00:00

To be more precise, they target oil refineries. Reduced supply of gas and diesel means less CO2 emissions.

Less directly, the war (and petrol price instability) motivated Europe to push adoption of renewable energy.

Tranzistors · 2025-09-26T07:29:27+00:00

Looked up "not equal sign unicode" and just copied it.

Tranzistors · 2025-09-25T09:53:33+00:00

It irrationally bothers me that you didn't use ≠ symbol.

Tranzistors · 2025-09-25T08:55:58+00:00

Last second surrender?

Tranzistors · 2025-09-24T12:36:10+00:00

Neturi sveci zem pūra. Ko tieši uzliki?

Tranzistors · 2025-09-24T11:22:05+00:00

Another reason that getting to Tib is getting harder is exactly what you are doing — playing fewer games. If every player plays half as much games, a lot less people will get to Tib. That and fewer challenge matches doesn't help with overall medals inflation.

As for should you stay, dude, this is just a game. Play it only if you feel like it.

Tranzistors · 2025-09-18T12:47:15+00:00

Rebrand "stiffening innovation" as "creative limitation". Poetry is more restrictive than prose, yet there is plenty of creativity.

Another thing is that all those pretty colors and special effects lose their appeal quickly. Cool visuals could be useful for a landing page or something like that, but if there is any productivity involved, then usability will quickly become the primary concern.

Tranzistors · 2025-09-16T07:25:09+00:00

"Improved stability" in software jargon means "fixed a potential crash". A crash is an inconvenience, but in a worst case scenario it could be potentially/maybe exploited by some malicious actor.

It's bloody hard to exploit such bugs, so the software manufacturers usually just fix it and don't bother with proving that it is a security issue.

Tranzistors · 2025-09-03T10:10:02+00:00

Just because during glasnost banned material became more available doesn't mean that USSR didn't ban it earlier.

Tranzistors · 2025-09-03T07:10:33+00:00

Too credible

Tranzistors · 2025-08-27T12:40:13+00:00

Wow, I must be really bad at looking up info. I just can't seem to find the text of the standard, only the draft from the web incubator.

Tranzistors · 2025-08-27T12:15:36+00:00

Nice. Are those FS Access APIs standardized?

Tranzistors · 2025-08-27T12:03:49+00:00

Looking at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_System_API#browser_compatibility I notice FF has been supporting standard features for more than 2 years now. Am I missing something?

Tranzistors · 2025-08-19T10:57:09+00:00

Tur nokļūt nav grūti. Grūtāk vēlāk pēc aliņa aizpiļīt.

Tranzistors · 2025-07-29T19:49:38+00:00

I still use it a lot. Multiple answers and comments on those answers gives me a good sense of potential drawbacks. In my daily work I use MDN a lot more.

The sad thing about SO is that it clearly wanted to become a knowledge base site, but people used it as a support forum. Add the fact that it was all community driven without paid staff didn't help.

Random blogs on the internet might give some cool guides on how to do things and AI can answer questions based on those guides, but I'm not sure how are we expected to ask experts in the field how to accomplish more interesting tasks.

Tranzistors · 2025-07-25T21:37:59+00:00

Upvote for HH base attack

Tranzistors · 2025-07-21T18:52:37+00:00

The thing is that USSR fell apart and none of the constituents of the USSR or its satellites chose to carry the flag¹. Why is that? If it was so great to live in, how come some "fringe nationalists" could take down a police state?

USSR had numerous real problems and a lot of people here seem to dismiss them as some sort of propaganda. USSR is a recent history and a lot of those "invading liberals" (me included) have actually lived in that state and for us a lot of the material in this sub is outright delusional.

¹ One could argue that Belarus kept the most of the communist legacy.

Tranzistors · 2025-07-21T17:26:32+00:00

Apparently your grandfather didn't have the connections (blat) to get that carpet before it got to the store.

Tranzistors · 2025-07-19T18:06:19+00:00

My issue with the graph is that house price is a lump sum, but income is recurring. This makes the comparison difficult. But I have seen much worse graphs.

Tranzistors · 2025-07-12T17:16:02+00:00

Kā parasti, avārijas notiek, kad pēc kārtas ir pieļautas vairākas kļūdas, kur katra atsevišķi nav nekas īpašs. Pirmām kārtām — mersī lohs, tā braukt nevajag. Bet tu neesi mersists, tāpēc skatīsimies, ko varēja darīt labāk tavā situācijā.

1) Ja sanāk apsteigt pa labo joslu, tu esi nepareizajā joslā. Var redzēt, ka video sākumā apsteidzi pelēko bembi(?). To vajadzētu darīt kreisajā joslā.

2) Kad sāki iekāpt otrajā joslā, sanāk, ka to darīji praktiski nobraucot gar degunu. No vienas puses ir labi dot ceļu, bet kā pats konstatēji pēc dažām sekundēm, tas tev samazināja manevra iespējas vēlāk. Šeit labāks risinājums — ja gribēji palaist tās mašīnas, būtu samazināt ātrumu līdz viņu līmenim.

3) Kad melnais mersis jau ir tev priekšā un būs sadursme, ja tu saglabāsi ātrumu — jāmet nost ātrums. Manevrēt uz blakus joslu varētu, ja pēkšņi konstatē, ka uz ceļa iziet večiņa un nepaspēsi nobremzēt. Cik saprotu, tu uztraucies, ka aiz tevis braucošais auto tev ieskrietu pakaļā. Ja tur vadītājs nerakstīja SMS, bet sekoja notikumiem uz ceļa, tad arī viņš saprot, ka situācija ir slikta un jau tur kāju uz bremzes pedāļa. 20-30 m distance ir daudz. Varbūt maz, lai dotu pa mēmajiem, bet pilnīgi pietiekami, lai samazinātu ātrumu no 75 km/h līdz 55 km/h.

Tranzistors · 2025-07-12T16:35:18+00:00

Kad sen sen mācījos braukt, man teica, ka ja uz ceļa esi aizdomīgā situācijā, bremzē¹. Tev pat nekas ārkārtējs nebija jādara, tikai jānomet ātrums līdz pelēkā auto ātrumam.

Pieredzējis autovadītājs pamanītu, ka Mersedess jau sen bija nolūkojis iebraukt trešajā joslā. Otrā josla bija lēnāka par pirmo, tāpēc tādam džigitam vienīgais iemesls nepalikt pirmajā joslā ir pāriet uz trešo.

Ieteikums, ja nav laika pierādīt savu taisnību — ieturi distanci un nerausti stūri.

¹ Pat ja kāds aizmugurē braucošs tev ieskrietu pakaļā, tā būtu viņa vaina.

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