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James
@j-m.es
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A Deaf Software Engineer that likes to build front end things and breaks them for a living at @financialtimes.com.
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Have a look at Aura or Orion. Might get the same look and feel!
October 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Hey Jeremy. It's a shame that the Design System isn't public as we are looking into getting a CMS that will enable Designers to be able to contribute to documentation and so on. Our current iteration of that is very dependent on Engineers to do it which eats away at our time for creating components.
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Nabbed from the link, enjoy.
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A valid HTML zip bomb - ache
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August 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
j-m.es
That was given to me by @itsmero.bsky.social! I think they got it from somewhere 😅

Fun fact: it’s all stuck on a sheet of paper so I can always take it out and put it in a new laptop with a transparent case cover so that it’ll last longer.

I also personally believe 13” laptops are the perfect size
July 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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I have all the colour variations of the FEN stickers! Just need to decide where to put on this lid…
A laptop lid with multiple stickers that range from Star Wars, to conferences like JSconf, CSSconf, a Google Chrome pixel dinosaur T-Rex, some WoW references… if you know. You know!
July 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Now at Gidea Park, London. Thank you @frontendnorth.bsky.social for a very excellent day. I’ve learnt loads and am very inspired to work on the Web! It’s over and out for me tonight! #FrontEndNorth
At Gidea Park, London. The train station on Platform 4. There is a train that is about to leave for Shenfield.
July 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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LEE! 👀
July 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Now at the #NationalVideoGameMuseum nearby with a cheeky can of beer to enjoy from #FrontEndNorth. Time to explore to see what video games I remember from my childhood!
A row of multiple TVs connected to consoles for the Nintendo System. Playing games such as Space Invaders, Super Mario and so on!
July 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Now as all of the talks have been completed at #FrontEndNorth, it’s time for @katiefenn.bsky.social to lead the applause for all of the volunteers, the speakers and the sponsors to make this event possible. I for one truly have enjoyed this day! 👏
Katie Fenn leading the thanks for everyone involved in the event. The projector screen is showing a slide of all of the people involved in the event organising and running it. 👏
July 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Now for a fun exploratory process ny @joehart.bsky.social of making a FFIX game using HTML, CSS and JavaScript using the assets from a PSX game. The trials and tribulations to make something that can be shown in a browser using almost identical functionality as the game! #FrontEndNorth
A projector showing a slide of the FFIX components that would allow an user to select an action that would work like in the game. HTML code can be seen on the right hand side which allows the user to tab through if on a keyboard before pressing space to select it.
July 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Accessibility should be user centred not just compliance with WCAG audits as @craigabbott.co.uk shows us several examples of where passing WCAG rules doesn’t necessarily make a product accessible! Very enlightening! #FrontEndNorth
A projector showing a slide that reads out as “We need to do User Centred Accessibility. Not ‘User Centred Design’ with a WCAG audit slapped on at the end.”
July 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Design Systems. Are they a system of harm? @amyhupe.bsky.social navigates through the issues that affect and excluding a wide range of people through bias. This was an eye opener. Also we should improve on inclusivity in design systems! #FrontEndNorth
A projector screen showing a slide about how a system of harm is created. A table can be seen. First row: Inaccessible components at scale Second row: Discriminatory patterns at scale Third row: Exclusionary content at scale
July 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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@whitep4nth3r.com takes us on a journey of the World Wide Web as if it was 1995! I’m very grateful we have CSS now and not Cascading HTML style sheets. Also loved the overscan effect that would come up on the screen intermittently. Press the degauss button on the monitor! #FrontEndNorth
A projector screen showing a slide with an Internet dialup dialog screen that takes a long time to connect to the Internet. This is something that people take for granted these days!
July 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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@amyrogers.design takes us through the challenges that a person can face without having a passport or a driving license. How Vouchsafe is trying to solve that problem and TIL Scotland has photo ID system that has many different variations! #FrontEndNorth
A projector screen with a slide saying Inclusive By Design by Amy Rogers at Front End North
July 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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I’ve ended up with so many code snippets from this talk alone to try out and see what works and why it works without relying on a default wrapper layout! #FrontEndNorth
July 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM