J.F. Hector

Principal frontend engineer at @kooth_plc. Inclusive design and development lead. Married to @emilylabram. he/him

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

"How to make accessibility happen?". In this talk, Magdalena Wielopolski and I share what's helping us at @kooth_plc. We hope you find it useful. We'd love to hear any feedback/suggestions to make it better. https://t.co/r5CwLbRc2f

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@johnnytimpson1 thank you for taking a stand
https://t.co/QmRlAAmFmz

[Devon Govett @devongovett]

We just shipped the first alpha of React Aria Components, a brand new unstyled component library built on top of the React Aria hooks! 🚀

It abstracts away glue code and provides a much simpler way to quickly build accessible components for your design.

https://t.co/cacrN8Kzf5

[Dave Farley @davefarley77]

I think that if I am to pick one thing, one pice of advice, it is this:

***Work in Small Steps***

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[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

One of the many differences between junior doctors and Labour is that junior doctors are actually prepared to stand up and fight for something

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@adambsilver Thanks suggesting.

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@adambsilver Yes, that's the first thing we looked at. To achieve compliance with the US Children Online Protection Act (COPPA), we're required to present a roadblock to our users (most of them are teenagers) to prevent them from leaving https://t.co/dinXPMplTn unknowingly.

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@adambsilver I don’t like it either. But I couldn’t think of a better pattern given how specific the legal/adit requirements were.

[Jessica Lessin @Jessicalessin]

For @wsj to say flat out that SVB could have failed because they added non-white men to their board shows how far behind the times (and certifiably stupid) this publication really is. It makes me so angry and very sad. WSJ readers and staff deserve better.

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@mattpocockuk @getTobiasN Oh, I see. I’m not aware of a way to use `throw` in a type-safe way. When I use purify-ts or fp-ts, I use Either (which is type safe) rather than using throw.

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

This was super interesting. (FP = functional programming)

[Graham Hutton @haskellhutt]

Today was my favourite part of my advanced FP class, where we finally get to see the payoff of using the state monad. Even after 25 years of using monads, it still feels like magic :-) https://t.co/nYQDkQzQKE

[Graham Hutton @haskellhutt]

Today was my favourite part of my advanced FP class, where we finally get to see the payoff of using the state monad. Even after 25 years of using monads, it still feels like magic :-) https://t.co/nYQDkQzQKE

[Kit Yates @Kit_Yates_Maths]

Buried in WhatsApp conversations between then-prime minister Boris Johnson, his scientific advisers and Dominic Cummings, is an exchange which is arguably even more worrying than this headline-grabbing stories.

Johnson's fundamental maths mistake...
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[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@Quantensalat @sitzikbs Same here

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@toddlibby Programming TypeScript was so helpful to me. Effective TypeScript is more difficult and great too.

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@GergelyOrosz Given ChatGPT, do you imagine that big companies will be using these HackerRank/ LeetCode interviews in 2-5 years time?

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

@elonmusk “Woke” is Conservative-speak for anyone who gives a damn about other human beings/the planet. It is a dog-whistle slur against expressions of humanity that spread resources, opportunity, power, and a voice to more people; a boogeyman for selfish people.

https://t.co/2gMUaagAy6

[J.F. Hector @jfhector]

@taquitos Thank you

[Joey 🥐 @JoeyKnock]

Today's Sunday Telegraph shows the reality of transphobia in the British media: five articles attacking trans people on one page.