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Andy Carter
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Tech Team Lead at Evoluted in the Steel City of Sheffield. I'm a PHP and JavaScript developer working with Laravel and CakePHP. I like to talk about the importance of digital accessibility. (He/Him)

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#TechMids I have arrived. I am speaking this afternoon in screen 1 with my talk Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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I have arrived in Birmingham ready for tomorrow's #TechMids conference. I'm speaking in the afternoon. 🎉
Ozzy the Bull
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Today is World Keratoconus Day. What is that all about you ask?

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#WorldKCDay #accessibility #a11y
Photo of Andy smiling and wearing a hoodie with the words 'Always be a little kinder than necessary' written across the front
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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We had a great time in Liverpool and the surrounding area last week. I was definitely due a bit of time off from work.
Andy appearing to hang upside down from the ceiling of a kitchen View from the promenade of West Kirby, a blue sky is reflected in pools of water on the beach A light installation representing a DNA molecule glows pink and is reflected in the water below Chester's Eastgate Clock illuminated in green light for Halloween
November 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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I can't believe there's just a month to go until the #TechMids conference! I'm really excited to be bringing my 'Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar' talk to Birmingham.
First slide of my 'Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the story of two codebases' talk
October 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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You don't appear to have a valid https certificate which might be hurting your traffic. Bluesky is linking to https which results in people seeing a security risk warning when landing on your site.

Thought you might like to know, as it is easily missed.
Screenshot of a server warning due to a missing SSL certificate
October 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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I'm excited to reveal that I will be speaking at #TechMids in November alongside a great line-up of speakers.

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TechMids 2025 - Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Firefox appear to have disabled an important accessibility feature in preference of AI. This is on iOS, on version 142.1. Thankfully for now, there is a way of restoring 'reader mode'.

andycarter.dev/blog/how-to-...

I really hope @firefox.com reconsider the direction they are taking here.

#a11y
Screenshot of Firefox's reader mode
September 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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I had a great time last night at Jon Richardson's comedy night for Sheffield Children's Hospital. Lots of excellent comedians including Russell Howard, Louise Young and Angela Barnes giving up their own time to make people laugh to help raise money for an excellent charity.
A large screen above an empty stage promotes Jon Richardson and Friends annual comedy night for Bright Young Dreams and Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity ahead of the evening's event
July 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Big thanks to @frontendnorth.bsky.social for featuring my streetartsheffield.com website on their list of things to do in Sheffield. If you're coming to the conference and have an interest in street art, come say hi and I can help you find some of Sheffield's finest murals. #FrontEndNorth #StreetArt
Colourful mural painted on the side of an old cutlery works, featuring geometric patterns interwoven with brick buildings, cranes and trees 25 metre tall mural of a kingfisher with caught fish flying out of the water and a heron stood behind it Large black and white mural of a giant cat lying down eating human like figures Colourful mural on walls of outdoor stairway featuring different art styles
July 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Are you coming to @frontendnorth.bsky.social on Thursday? What talks are you most looking forward to?

There’s a strong line-up for this year’s conference. However, these are the three talks I’m personally most excited about seeing:

#FrontEndNorth #Sheffield #WebDev
Sheffield city centre's skyline viewed from above the grassy amphitheatre of South Street Park with the train station at the bottom
July 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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This weekend has been a lot of fun attending the Crossed Wires festival in Sheffield. 'No Such Thing As A Fish' and Frank Skinner's 'One Person Found This Helpful' were both amazing. We managed front row seats for the latter. Last night's 6 Music after party was also good. #CrossedWires #Sheffield
City Hall stage set up ready for the recording of 'No Such Thing As A Fish'. Two black clothed tables sit in the centre of the stage surrounded by the Crossed Wires logo, a speech bubble containing squiggly lines. Stage setup for 'One Person Found This Helpful'. Three black clothed tables with microphones are lined up with a projected image of Frank Skinner and the show's title behind them. Close up of Andy in a blue lit room, in front of a wall featuring the BBC Sounds and Crossed Wires Fringe logos. Room in the former John Lewis building decorated for Crossed Wires. Festival posters cover the walls and bunting featuring the festival logo hang from the ceiling. A DJ booth flanked by large stacked speakers sits to the far side of the room.
July 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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(Another) Exciting new opportunity at Evoluted: we’re hiring a new PHP Engineer to join the team. If you’ve got strong PHP and unit testing skills, with experience working with modern frameworks and CMSs, this could be the role for you!

#PHP #Laravel #Symfony #PHPJobs
Street view of an 18th-century former cutlery works building that now houses Evoluted
June 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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I have arrived at a very sunny Leeds ahead of @leedsphp.bsky.social. ☀️
Leeds Dock, a large water basin surrounded by modern buildings. The sky is blue and cloudless. The buildings are reflected in the calm water.
June 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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If you’re in or around Leeds tomorrow, come join me at @leedsphp.bsky.social and find out what Ulysses and the Very Hungry Caterpillar have to do with our code.

www.meetup.com/leedsphp/eve...

#PHP #programming #WebDev
Book covers for James Joyce's Ulysses and Eric Carle's the Very Hungry Caterpillar
June 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I'm looking forward to speaking at @leedsphp.bsky.social next week on the importance of readable code. I'll be using two literary classics to explore the differences between complex and simple code.

Details of the event: www.meetup.com/leedsphp/eve...

#PHP #Leeds #WebDev #programming
First slide of my 'Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the story of two codebases' talk
June 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Exciting new opportunity at Evoluted: we’re hiring a new Frontend Engineer to join the team. If you’ve got strong HTML and CSS fundamentals, and ideally some CMS and JS experience, this could be the role for you!

#WebDev #Sheffield
Street view of an 18th-century former cutlery works building that now houses Evoluted
May 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Blink and you'll miss it, but I feature in a recent ITV News piece on Sheffield street artist Peachzz; I was approached for an interview earlier in the week. I've done local radio a few times before, but this was my first time in front of a camera.

www.itv.com/watch/news/p...
Andy being interviewed in front of a colourful mural of a kingfisher, an on-screen graphic for ITV News Calendar displays Andy Carter's name and affiliation to Street Art Sheffield
May 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Finally back at work after a pleasant few day's off visiting family for the Easter weekend.

Photos of: Aldeburgh, Woodbridge, Angelsey Abbey and Byron's Pool.
White painted beach shelter with a pebbled beach and the sea in the background, the sky is blue with some wispy clouds Metallic sculpture of a rowing boat containing two seated figures, the boat is sat on muddy ground and covered in seaweed A good painted Shaun the Sheep sculpture with a floral design positioned in front of a stately home A winding river surrounded by green springtime trees which are reflected in the water, there's a small wooden platform for fishing from on the bank of the river
April 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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I'm speaking at @frontendsheff.bsky.social in two weeks time on the importance of building and designing websites with screen magnification taken into account. This is an important, but often overlooked, accessibilioty topic.

Details of the event: www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

#accessibility
First slide of my 'Magnifying the Web, the Web through my eyes' talk
April 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Traditional bandstand in a busy city park, carnival players practice their percussion instruments in the bandstand Hole number 18 flag on a crazy golf course with water behind Row of graffiti covered buildings featuring distinctive street art Light sculpture spelling out the words 'Alright Bab!'
March 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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We had a fantastic time in Birmingham last week. The weather was great (especially compared with this week). It's a very undervalued city.
Canal with lock surrounded by tall modern apartment buildings and the BT tower in the distance Birmingham Cathedral in the evening, its stained glass window illuminated from within Exterior of the Bullring shopping centre in the evening, restaurants are brightly lit up and the sky has a scattering of clouds with a visible crescent moon A light sculpture of a traditional light bulb, the light of the sculpture is reflected in the surrounding water
March 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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We had a lot of fun in York yesterday doing the ice trail that was on for the weekend. There was a lovely atmosphere around the city.

#YorkIceTrail
large ice sculpture of the front of York Minster ice sculpture of two hobbits ice sculpture of a bakery with Betty's logo atop ice sculpture of a bar of soap frothing up and containing bottles of soap products
February 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Sheffield's Cobweb Bridge, photos from the weekend. This bridge always makes me smile when I cross it.
pedestrian bridge suspended from the arch of a viaduct with a large sculpture of a spider looking down close-up of a spider sculpture attached to the ceiling with glowing yellow eyes
January 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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I'd suggest plucking the feathers first. 😂
A kiwi bird
January 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM