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Human QA is dead, not because automation is great at it, but because we stopped giving a %@#! about quality...

a close up of a statue of yoda from star wars holding a sword . Alt: a close up of master yoda from star wars using the force

Use the native HTML element, Luke…

The Four Treasons Total Landscaping

Rules of acquisition #501 : A redundant and unnecessary property is a redundant and unnecessary property

If this abomination cannot be turned off, I am switching back to Android.

Plot twist: One of those classes is display-none…

In the eternal wisdom of Alien vs Predator… “whoever wins, we lose”

Happy to report that my mid-line Sony BDP-BX370 BD/DVD player can display CC over HDMI and even has a ton of customization options, including Comic Sans!! 😁

WCAG is a historical account of all the ways we managed to screw up the Web...

@edzitron.com making sure you saw this! 😳

Because, ideally, tests scripts should mimic real user actions. You don’t tell a manual tester to find and click on a testid. There are some cases where you have no other choice, but over-reliance on testids is a sign that the team chose the “happy path” 😁

Oh no! You let the secret out! How am I supposed to get 50cent DVDs if this becomes a trend 😁 Joking aside, switching back to DVDs made me fall in love with movies again. I watch one almost everyday.

It is not just AI. I used to have to prove the social security (not US) that I am still a Type 1 Diabetic every year by getting a report from my doctor. Bureaucracy thinks pancreases just miraculously start working again…

It is a shame Jakob gave in to the AI hype so quickly.

DIVs are resource intensive. I recommend using <i>, saves bandwidth.

New to accessibility? First, learn why it matters. Start by watching these two movies…
1- Crip Camp
2- Pick Of The Litter

YouTube video by Technology Connections Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind

New video time!

A whole lot of folks keep forgetting about closed captions on DVDs, and as time has marched on this means they're getting less accessible.

youtu.be/OSCOQ6vnLwU

2- It is a sign of good craftsmanship.
3- It is the law, and hopefully it will stay that way…

1- It is a sign of respect. None of the rights gained, and the changes in perception and treatment of persons with disabilities were easily gained. It took a generation of activists and their sacrifice for that to happen.

Guess what! Pages made by humans for humans, that are easy to read and understand, semantically sound and well structured pages are great for LLMs too. If you want LLMs to favor your company, make sure your presence on the Web is accessible!

Here is an emerging business case for accessibility. Users are moving away from traditional search, and increasingly use LLMs to search for information. Traditional SEO is obsolete. LLMs are hungry for new human-made high quality data to ingest.

I will need ChatGPT to summarize this one for me 😛

Just fucking use HTML Stop reinventing the wheel. The web was doing just fine before your bloated frameworks crawled out of the sewer.

I approve this message… justfuckingusehtml.com

Could it be the Powermapper site?

Is it just me, or are Web Component devs imitating everything wrong about React in the wild? I don’t know for sure, but I am fairly certain Web Components were never intended to contain 200 other components nested inside, like a Russian doll.

I learned my lesson when they pulled the plug on Google Reader. I still haven’t forgiven them for that. I degoogled my life (except for the dang gmail) and couldn’t be happier. There is nothing a $3 ESP32 board and ESPhome couldn’t solve in terms of home automation. I own my data, I own my devices…

I have a concept of a plan on that..

Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, the ESP32 chip?

If you elect me as your president, I will put a tariff on every country based on their axe-core score. 30 violations on your government website? Bam! 30% tariff…

Inside the case. Showing the geekmagic display, esp32 chip, the co2 sensor all held together with a comically bad soldering job

Semi finished product on my desk. Showing a basic screen that only displays my glucose.

Finished product sitting on my nightstand. Displaying a nicely designed glucose reading, glucose chart and an air quality gauge

I had some free time on my hands so I modified a GeekMagic Pro display using ESPHome. Added an air quality sensor and flashed a custom firmware. It is now displaying a real time glucose reading from my Freestyle Libre sensor, a graph and an air quality gauge, and sends data back to HomeAssistant.