Shifting left: how introducing accessibility earlier helps the BBC’s design system

Have you ever come across a component in a library or design system that seems to do… everything? For some stakeholders, these components are magical in their flexibility; for others, frustrating in their maintenance and configuration.It’s easy for a component to become bloated and its purpose increasingly ambiguous.I’ve been working with my brilliant teammates on a design system and framework at the BBC for almost two years now, as a senior software engineer and accessibility lead for the depar...

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