Andy Carter

@drmonkeyninja
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Tech Team Lead at Evoluted in Sheffield. Works with PHP and JavaScript using Laravel and CakePHP. (He/Him)
Websitehttps://andycarter.dev
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Is your code ready for summer time?

The clocks jump forward an hour this weekend. Is your code ready?

Always check the source

Why colour matters for creating an accessible browsing experience https://www.evoluted.net/blog/design/why-colour-matters
How Colour Impacts Accessibility - Evoluted

Colour stirs emotion, conveys meaning & influences brand identity. But we don’t all see colour the same. We assess how colour choices impact accessibility.

Evoluted
Is it really trivial?

‘It’s trivial!’ An expression I often find myself saying. However, the word ’trivial’ can be dangerous, and perhaps I use it to freely.

Don't forget to test your accessibility solutions

RE: https://front-end.social/@FrontEndSheff/115923078648100020

The first Front End Sheffield of the year sounds like a good one. Chad is a great speaker to start 2026 with.

We're growing our dev team at Evoluted. We're hiring a new PHP/Laravel software engineer.

It's a hybrid role, with one day a month in our Sheffield office. Applicants must be based in the UK. 🇬🇧

https://www.evoluted.net/about/careers/php-engineer

#PHP #Laravel #PHPJobs

PHP Engineer

Evoluted
2025 reflections

My reflections on what has personally been a rewarding year.

Where are all the AI generated apps? They're not there because AI is still no replacement for skilled software engineers who can truly understand the heart of a problem and the real needs of the end users.

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/the-gorman-paradox-where-are-all-the-ai-generated-apps/?utm_source=perplexity

The Gorman Paradox: Where Are All The AI-Generated Apps?

In 1950, while discussing the recent wave of flying saucer reports over lunch with colleagues at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, physicist Enrico Fermi asked a simple question. There …

Codemanship's Blog
More than half of smartphone users use their accessibility settings https://andycarter.dev/blog/more-than-half-of-smartphone-users-use-accessibility-settings
More than half of smartphone users use their accessibility settings