“If Europe wants change, it cannot simply recreate the same model under a different logo. It must move beyond the document-and-format architecture altogether.” ia.net/topics/trapp...

🎉 Looking for new work. 15 years front-end dev + Design Systems specialist. I help folks build, maintain & transform design systems. I'm also available for focused projects, front-end builds, codebase modernisation. Short to long term. Let's chat - [email protected] reposts appreciated <3

"Accessibility is not a feature. It is system design.". Loved this quote (and the whole talk) from @annaecook.com www.deque.com/axe-con/sess...

Thanks folks for joining! I am overwhelmed with kind mentions, it means the world to me. 💙 I also want to ask you all how I can best translate this talk to written format. Do you want one big post? Multiple snippets? Toolkits? What’s most useful for you? www.youtube.com/live/wa9pFfR...

Just a short, personal post this week. #weeknote #campervan www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/getting...

Ah the irony of going into the office, but missing standup. Probably the most important meeting of the day.

Please leave me behind 🤣

A win for Wales, finally.

Dydd Miwsig Cymru hapus. Some Welsh psych folk for you this morning mwsogcymru.bandcamp.com/track/llef-hir

First gig of the year tonight. Waaay too late. Desperately need some sounds to blast any thoughts of public sector service delivery out of my brain.

London friends. 👋🏻 Any recommendations for places to visit with kids aged 10-15? We’ve really liked Camden in the past.

No notes this week sorry, but too many good links not to share. Here are the design, accessibility and public sector digital links that caught my eye. www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/no-note...

Why isn't this all over the news? Too much other bad stuff happening? Lack of sympathy for civil servants maybe?

The scary thing with low-code is that it hides UX and front-end problems, but it still requires lots of effort from full-stack devs. So you end up with an end-product of low quality that is also expensive to maintain and deliver. It's not quick or cheap or good.

My kids have rejected the switch from Spotify to Qobuz. I need a change manager to help me deploy software to my house 😂😭

I spent the past month examining how accessibility in design underpins digital infrastructure and how federal divestment creates brittle, inaccessible platforms. This backslide isn’t inevitable. We can reject it and do better in our work. I explain how in this piece annaecook.com/writing/2026...

Bit worried by this quote from @prifweinidog.gov.wales on the For Wales See Wales podcast “… it may be that having the state to do the technology bit is not the most sensible option.”

How can I inspect a PDF to check the font size and formatting match the standards required?

Starting to share and analyse the journey maps so far #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/sharing...

Trying to get back into a #weeknotes habit www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/getting...

Noughties playlist on 6music making me feel suitably ancient thanks @huwstephensdj.bsky.social

First post of the year. Doing some work on a component library and some refreshed journey maps. Was a real struggle to blog after Christmas, but glad I've done it. #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/first-w...

Added some more beaches to my Gower blog post. Over two thirds done now. Should be done in a couple of years! www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/visitin...

you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song. here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.

(Currently still on christmas break. Normal service will resume on Monday.)

Woah, hello new followers. Did I get added to a starter pack or something?

One last weeknote for the year. #weeknotes www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/one-las...

One more user research observation to go until Christmas break

Hope Santa gives you all 5 minutes back.

Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos: www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend... Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.

Wow, some amazingly useful accessibility tools to be found on a11y-tools.com. Thanks @lloydi.com !

This theory that AI generated photos are starting to look increasingly like other AI generated images is a terrifying indicator that frontend code quality generated by AI is going to get worse and worse 😔

Anybody have any go to posts about why standard html hyperlinks (for example <a href="url">link text</a>) are better for assistive tech compatibility (than using JS + divs)?

Mapping the content ecosystem around the NHS Wales App, and other adventures. medium.com/@niacampbell...

Inspired by attending @govcampcymru.bsky.social , me, @niacampbell.bsky.social and @monikasw.bsky.social have been working on this little website to help promote working in the open and digital resources in Wales… cymruddigidol.github.io

Interested in working in the open? Have a look at this new website showcasing great examples of working in the open in Wales. (Yes, I'm biased as I'm involved 🙃 but it's really a great resource and saves you time searching leading to most active practitioners)

Inspired by attending @govcampcymru.bsky.social , me, @niacampbell.bsky.social and @monikasw.bsky.social have been working on this little website to help promote working in the open and digital resources in Wales… cymruddigidol.github.io

To balance out my silly Calibri joke from earlier in the week…

I don’t really like Calibri, am I turning maga?

Carry your UX with you everywhere www.sophiehird.com/product-page...

Last sprint before Christmas break. Let’s gooo

On day 6 @toddl.dev reminds us how powerful the lang attribute is #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...?

Twenty-four. There are now 24 advents. All of you wiseacres suggesting I was one calendar away from an advent of advents can stuff it. adrianroselli.com/2025/12/web-... Still not making a damn advent of advents tho.

Need someone to do a series of those short viral design videos. But, instead of visual layout, it’s showing how to replace divs with actual HTML.

The drop you’ve all been waiting for… Benjify Wrapped 2025. www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/benjify...

OH FUCK OFFFFFF The W.I. has always been proudly inclusive. This shit sucks

A friend (who works in public sector) came up with the best analogy for the poorly designed internal services she has to deal with… “Instead of giving me a key, they give me a hobby horse and send me on an adventure” 😂

Caribou next week! Haven’t seen them in about 20 years and still remember that as one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen.

A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020. It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛 bell.bz/its-been-a-v...

Do any low code platforms produce accessible, web standard compliant front end code?