Without falling short on accessibility, let’s design and write a custom styled, reusable radio button in React with Typescript and StyledComponents. — Table of contents: What is a radio button? 🕵🏻‍♀️ When to use radio buttons ⌚️ Guidelines for designing radio buttons 🦮 Design it (tutorial) 👨🏼‍🎨 Code it (tutorial) 👩🏽‍💻 Radio buttons are a classic UI component meant for easy selection and decision-making. We all know them. We’ve all interacted with them. But every…

Rarely do we developers test our work with assistive technologies such as screen readers or voice commands. We could argue it’s because we rely too heavily on our automated tests and a11y-testing tools, forgetting the fact that we can never replace manual testing… Though let’s be honest, it’s because we’re…

Why discrimination in product development goes by “unnoticed”, and why a lack of knowledge and empathy is a potential root cause. — After a few years as a developer in the tech industry, I’ve noticed a recurring unculture in terms of how we develop digital products and the lack of values we uphold. Too often, I’m a witness to statements such as: “disabled people don’t use our product,” “accessibility serves us little…