So I wanted to put voice to a feeling I've had ever since I started vibe coding.

[pixelate@tweesecake.social]

So I wanted to put voice to a feeling I've had ever since I started vibe coding. So much stuff isn't accessible, with the coders of the stuff thinking they've already done enough, or who flat out don't care, and so on.

Before, I had no way to force a fix. Now, with vibe coding, I can bulldoze the nail into place. Sort of. Perhaps with some casualties. But, again, there's so, so much that needs doing, and I'm only one person.

And for me, I sometimes feel guilty, as if I'm not being the change I wish to see in the world by not forcing accessible stuff that needs it. open source Android and iPhone apps, accessibility tools for Android and Windows and Mac and Linux and on and on and on. I should be at the forefront of making the digital landscape a more accessible place.

But I can't. I barely have enough spoons to do my job and care. Some days I can't even do that. I mean, is it just me? Does anyone else feel this?

#AI #blind #accessibility #disability #coding #programming

[pawpower@beige.party]

@pixelate I absolutely understand what you're saying. Obviously not as it regards coding or things like that but the feeling that I'm not doing everything I could to make the world a better place. But you being in the world also makes it a better place so it's important to stop and take time to care for yourself so that you can continue to be in the world. And you can't solve everyone's problems, but the little bit that you do combined with the little bit that everyone else who works toward better does, adds up. I firmly believe that.

[techsinger@tweesecake.social]

@pixelate Before I answer your question, may I ask why you feel that you have to do anything at all? People in general have decided that accessibility isn't important. This isn't just sighted people, it's blind people too, they have decided that they are willing to put up with, or have no choice as to putting up with, workarounds, annoyances, suffering, etc. Given that collective decision, why should I do anything I don't want to do? Why do you feel like it's your task to solve problems which don't benefit you? To answer your question, I don't, and don't feel guilty at all. I just want to solve my own issues if I can. If I can't, then I can't. I feel no duty to solve other issues, particularly because other people with far more money/time/employees than me have decided not to solve them. If I'm in the mood to try, I will. If not, I won't. Why be guilty about that? I should also say I've never seen the point of being the change I want to see in the world when the world is not really interested in that change. If the world doesn't want to change, and I can't stir up that interest, then all being the change gets me is irritation, annoyance, and a feeling like I've smashed my head into a brick wall. People are going to say "what if everyone else thought like that in the 1950s"? My answer to that is that everything has to be considered in its own circumstances. People succeeded in the last century, to the extent they did, because they had a significant number of people who would benefit from the change. Blind people, and by blind I mean those of us who need speech and braille, just aren't a big enough group to enforce their will. Basically, my attitude is "if it's fun, or if I enjoy it, or if I have a good chance of success without huge effort, I'll do it." "If it takes too much effort, and it's not fun, or it doesn't have a chance of success, why bother?".