Hidde

noname, smiling and holding the mic, on stage with red lights

noname with a lot of spotlights shining behind her in different directions

Noname at Paradiso Noord

the Purple Disco Machine has fun vibes to it, it's not as serious as the subject matter begs for though

YouTube video by Muse MUSE - COMPLIANCE [Official Music Video]

this is still playing in my head www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP3z...

Sceptical about website carbon emission figures - Fershad Irani

🔗 ‘when possible, "measure" rather than "estimate"’, @fershad.com says on website carbon emission figures fershad.com/notes/scepti...

quite sure it does not

yup! I like how they do this.

(which I understand makes the whole thing overly complicated for willing developers…)

thanks for sharing! Unfortunately conformance isn't just meeting criteria (the full requirements are in chapter 5 of WCAG: www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#c...), the reason this needs to be so specific is that WCAG is easily undermined, especially by people who want to do the minimum

(and if not clear, I meant 'sales' in the best kind of way, I love that there are people advocating/explaining the web and/or their design system, it's an essential part as these systems are complex and need context)

I see web platform sales people do this sometimes. Eg to point finger at myself, I've talked a bunch about popover; I'm always tempted to say 'it has a11y built in' or 'is conformant', but have to force/remind myself to say it more carefully. So ‘helps with aspects of’, not ‘does the thing’

hey, long time no see! hope you are well.

we did actually talk about this possibility in last week's AGWG call. Some suggested a separate doc that makes recs for components, I would support that, there are def meaningful things to say/require about components.

added a bonus section to say: components _can_ conform to other specs, that say something about that (type of) component (thanks @petergoes.nl for thoughtful comments).

Thanks, and yes, absolutely!

(eg orgs build/design their own component to meet the NLDS-consensus-based ideal of that component)

you could say though that the door or the wall meet certain requirements, maybe of door or wall standards.

I wonder if the same goes for components, eg the date picker conforms to the date picker spec (rather than to WCAG). The NL Design System checklists kind of work like that right?

that 'if implemented well' does a lot of work!

It's really a scope issue; would you say your washing machine's door is great as washing? or that one of your walls has solid structure? I think only washing machines can be said to wash well or badly, and only whole buildings are structurally solid.

sorry i am on a bit of conformance focused blogging roll lately

Can components conform to WCAG? Here's why they can't, and why that makes sense to me.

✏️ Can components conform to WCAG? hidde.blog/component-co...

wrote up some thoughts around claiming conformance about a design system component. Curious to hear what people think

screenshot of Github issue page, on the right is an opened browser dev tools console that shows a fetch error in fetch-graphql.ts and an error in something.production.js that makes a ListItem.tsx error.

case in point: I just had a GitHub issue page not load issues because of some failing GraphQL fetch causing an error in some React component.

They used to just load these from the server. But sure, they didn't want to stifle innovation.

Conformance vs compliance, accessibility standards edition What's the difference between compliance and conformance?

✏️ Conformance vs compliance, accessibility standards edition hidde.blog/compliance-c...

(as a non native speaker I needed to look this up way too often, so I created a post for future reference)

Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️ I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead.

the departing GitHub CEO thinks all those force-feeding-AI features devs complain about are the ‘greatest change to software development since the advent of the personal computer’ github.blog/news-insight...

the excellent + reliable progressive enhancement UIs they used to have impressed much more

would recommend checking out @muan.bsky.social's excellent Good Eye Taipei app taipei.goodeye.guide!

This website is for humans - localghost I don't want Google's shitty AI-generated ramen

My website is for humans, and I don't want Google's AI ramen

localghost.dev/blog/this-we...

We should listen to the philosophers more A few thoughts on the philosophical perspective.

✏️ New blog post: We should listen to the philosophers more hidde.blog/philosophers/

thanks! fwiw I found your analysis of the capabilities very helpful and appreciate the writeup.

I do wonder what your thoughts are on where the training data comes from and possible dangers of use in areas like healthcare (to me, those seem inevitable with non-zero hallucination)

you write you were paid by Open AI to experiment with GPT-5, if you're able or comfortable sharing, did they put any requirements on what you say about them or the product?

PhD level expertise or knowledge isn't a thing. What does Open AI mean when they say use this phrase?

it's so aggravating how the evangelists both revere the status of formal education in a classist way, and don't actually understand that people with experience in any field (regardless of formal education) all are that way not because they posture, but because they are discerning and vet information

Big tech companies, man

apparently adding swear words also works (via brucelawson.co.uk/2025/gen-ai-...)