I'm James — a UI Developer and Digital Accessibility Specialist based in the North West.

Welcome to my digital space. Somewhere I can post the occasional thought or learning, and a place to practice my writing. I'm very much 'front-of-the-front-end' and have a passion for HTML, CSS, UI/UX, accessibility, and performance. Outside of work I love to run, hike, and cook.

Recent articles

Tech related articles, thoughts and shares of reads that have inspired me.

  1. Starting a new role

  2. Adding translations to an Eleventy site

  3. Share: Why I’m Writing Pure HTML & CSS in 2025

  4. My side project setup/(Jam)stack

  5. Speaking at CAN

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Articles in progress

Articles I'm currently working on. They may or may not get finished, but after time and effort goes into them, I think it'd be a shame for them not to be published anywhere. Even not in a complete state they may help me to look back on or somebody else coming across them. I also keep a list of article ideas in my Github issues. Note: With them being incomplete, be aware they may contain typos and such.

  1. Learning about inspiring garden design

  2. Developer experience at the cost to users?

  3. AI upskilling moral predicament

Speaking and writing

I am passionate about speaking and writing on a variety of topics. Particularly around accessibility, front-end development, performance and UI.

  • Accessibility and Content Creation

    A short lightning talk at the June 2025 Champions of Accessibility Network (CAN) meetup. Based on my experinces at digitial agencies and trying to bridge the gap between product handover and external content teams in relation to accessibility awareness.

    View the Accessibility and Content Creation deck on Google Slides

  • Testing Accessibility

    A shared talk with Enik Jonas at a QA Beginners Club meetup around the importance of testing accessibility, alongside some tips and techniques. I also gave a version of this talk solo at McrFRED #81.

    View the Testing Accessibility talk on YouTube

  • 5 HTML elements, And a partridge in a despair tree

    An article written for the 2022 HTMHell advent calendar. Spotlighting 5 HTML elements and how much you get for free with them compared to complex custom solutions.

    View the 5 HTML elements, And a partridge in a despair tree article on HTMHell

  • Accessibility Champions: Trying to create an accessibility culture

    A talk given at Manchester Tech Festival 2023. Using my accessibility champions journey at Code Computerlove.

  • Start with the fundamentals

    A talk given at a Junior Developer Careers community meetup. Highlighting the importance of learning the fundementals when starting a front end career, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

  • Culture leads to conformance

    My first ever public talk for Human Centered Design (HCD) Manchester. Filled with nerves and learned so much since and from it.

Recent journals

Articles on being active, wellbeing, life, and more.

  1. Look ma, I'm on the tele

  2. A bit of validation

  3. An old recipe book

  4. Back ont hills

  5. Coworking at Herdwork

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Featured projects

Source code for projects is split between my previous Github account and my current Github account (I lost access to my previous one, silly Jim).

  1. Design and development of a small marketing site for a transformation coach.

  2. A fan site for this years Great British Bake Off series. Built with Astro and designed in the browser.

  3. A pointless fan site for the 2021 Great British Bake Off series. A chance to play with Astro, design in browser and use GSAP again.

  4. The simple todo app that nobody asked for or needed. Built with Electron and Vue.

  5. A less than regular personal walking blog.

  6. Is Veggie Man Here?

    The answer to the most important question every Wednesday and Saturday. Is veggie man here?