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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Apr 2, 2025

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Can AI save Accessibility?; Horrid HTML; The Frontend Treadmill and more

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Dirk Ginader

Will AI finally solve web accessibility, or just generate more broken code? Discover why mastering basic semantic HTML still vastly outperforms modern AI generation tools.

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