Lieke B 👩💻
@leekeh.com
bookseller to senior frontend dev in 3 years 📚
passionate about a11y 🧑💻, better communication in tech 💬 and using the web for good 🌱
Looking for my next role! leekeh.com/hire-me
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passionate about a11y 🧑💻, better communication in tech 💬 and using the web for good 🌱
Looking for my next role! leekeh.com/hire-me
( ⁀ ᗢ ⁀ )~♡
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@leekeh.com
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Bugble | Leekeh - leekeh
Digital trinkets and personal ramblings by a Dutch web developer named Lieke.
leekeh.com
Hey network! I'm currently looking for a new opportunity in front-end / full stack development. I am an expert in accessibility and design systems, know how to make a great performant website, and always eager to learn more! Working from The Netherlands but open to remote.
leekeh.com/hire-me
leekeh.com/hire-me
maybe in this era of hyper-capitalism, where new technology is making us even more rushed and dividing our attention constantly, having patience itself is a radical thing
September 16, 2026 at 9:52 AM
maybe in this era of hyper-capitalism, where new technology is making us even more rushed and dividing our attention constantly, having patience itself is a radical thing
Hey network! I'm currently looking for a new opportunity in front-end / full stack development. I am an expert in accessibility and design systems, know how to make a great performant website, and always eager to learn more! Working from The Netherlands but open to remote.
leekeh.com/hire-me
leekeh.com/hire-me
Bugble | Leekeh - leekeh
Digital trinkets and personal ramblings by a Dutch web developer named Lieke.
leekeh.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Hey network! I'm currently looking for a new opportunity in front-end / full stack development. I am an expert in accessibility and design systems, know how to make a great performant website, and always eager to learn more! Working from The Netherlands but open to remote.
leekeh.com/hire-me
leekeh.com/hire-me
sometimes I think about what would've become of me if I wouldn't have listened to those that told me to stop drawing
September 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
sometimes I think about what would've become of me if I wouldn't have listened to those that told me to stop drawing
New blog post on the differences in APG's accordion pattern vs. browser's native <details> element implementations.
We need to talk about accessible accordions - leekeh
Browsers and ARIA guidelines disagree on what makes a correct accordion, and I'm tired of it.
www.leekeh.com
September 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
New blog post on the differences in APG's accordion pattern vs. browser's native <details> element implementations.
Why do so many accessibility-focused resources not use the focus-visible selector? Showing the focus outline on clicks feels so clunky.
September 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Why do so many accessibility-focused resources not use the focus-visible selector? Showing the focus outline on clicks feels so clunky.
Reposted by Lieke B 👩💻
My job as a guy who has officially Seen Some Shit in my professional career is now to show up and say "yes yes nice workaround but have we tried not having this problem" and then showing what not having the problem looks like. I can't imagine this is popular but by god is it needed
August 4, 2026 at 4:17 AM
My job as a guy who has officially Seen Some Shit in my professional career is now to show up and say "yes yes nice workaround but have we tried not having this problem" and then showing what not having the problem looks like. I can't imagine this is popular but by god is it needed
The recent podcast from @syntax.fm finally kinda made me understand the basics of the AT protocol and why it's so cool.
August 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The recent podcast from @syntax.fm finally kinda made me understand the basics of the AT protocol and why it's so cool.
How are people managing the tension between wanting to share & open-source their code, and avoiding AI just scraping and stealing it?
August 4, 2026 at 7:51 AM
How are people managing the tension between wanting to share & open-source their code, and avoiding AI just scraping and stealing it?
My new blog post on the advantages of learning frameworks other than React is up now!
leekeh.com/blog/beyond-...
leekeh.com/blog/beyond-...
Why frontend developers should learn more than just React - leekeh
What can we learn from studying other frameworks, and what are we missing out on if we don't?
leekeh.com
July 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
My new blog post on the advantages of learning frameworks other than React is up now!
leekeh.com/blog/beyond-...
leekeh.com/blog/beyond-...
Reposted by Lieke B 👩💻
For whatever godforsaken reason I still _care_. The web started as a craft, and still can be. And when it is built as such, it shines.
That said, it is increasingly more difficult to live in hope. I don’t blame or fault the people who exit. Unfortunately, this is the only game I know.
That said, it is increasingly more difficult to live in hope. I don’t blame or fault the people who exit. Unfortunately, this is the only game I know.
July 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
For whatever godforsaken reason I still _care_. The web started as a craft, and still can be. And when it is built as such, it shines.
That said, it is increasingly more difficult to live in hope. I don’t blame or fault the people who exit. Unfortunately, this is the only game I know.
That said, it is increasingly more difficult to live in hope. I don’t blame or fault the people who exit. Unfortunately, this is the only game I know.
TIL WebKit renders SVG filters directly on the CPU. So if you use SVG filters to create effects on your page (like a squiggle effect...), it can massively slow down the responsiveness of your page. Other browsers use GPU acceleration.
July 5, 2026 at 8:48 AM
TIL WebKit renders SVG filters directly on the CPU. So if you use SVG filters to create effects on your page (like a squiggle effect...), it can massively slow down the responsiveness of your page. Other browsers use GPU acceleration.
I redesigned my personal site to look like an old operating system, but made it accessible, responsive, fully interactive, and progressively enhanced. Wrote a lil’ blog post about it. More coming soon ✌️
leekeh.com/blog/hello-world
leekeh.com/blog/hello-world
Hello, World! - leekeh
First post on the new site. Talking about the redesign and what to expect.
leekeh.com
July 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I redesigned my personal site to look like an old operating system, but made it accessible, responsive, fully interactive, and progressively enhanced. Wrote a lil’ blog post about it. More coming soon ✌️
leekeh.com/blog/hello-world
leekeh.com/blog/hello-world
Reposted by Lieke B 👩💻
Want to test your accessibility knowledge? @davedavies.dev built this free accessibility quiz to help you. You get 128 hand written questions across WCAG 2.2, ARIA, semantic HTML and contrast. And for each, an explanation for each answer
a11y.quest/
a11y.quest/
June 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Want to test your accessibility knowledge? @davedavies.dev built this free accessibility quiz to help you. You get 128 hand written questions across WCAG 2.2, ARIA, semantic HTML and contrast. And for each, an explanation for each answer
a11y.quest/
a11y.quest/
Some difficult things are actually just poorly designed
June 22, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Some difficult things are actually just poorly designed
Is it just me or is the word "whimsical" starting to be (over)used for everything
May 26, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Is it just me or is the word "whimsical" starting to be (over)used for everything
So do I go for Codeberg or Tangled or both?
May 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
So do I go for Codeberg or Tangled or both?
Reposted by Lieke B 👩💻
leaked software industry training manual (2026)
April 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
leaked software industry training manual (2026)
I think the greatest benefit AI has given me is getting me out of the brainstorming phase when I start overthinking projects. I'd rather start building something sloppy and spend a bunch of time fixing issues later, than get stuck in my head on all the different things to consider before building.
April 20, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I think the greatest benefit AI has given me is getting me out of the brainstorming phase when I start overthinking projects. I'd rather start building something sloppy and spend a bunch of time fixing issues later, than get stuck in my head on all the different things to consider before building.
Love seeing an alternative style on a webshop 🫶
April 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Love seeing an alternative style on a webshop 🫶
Reposted by Lieke B 👩💻
i know it seems bleak. but people are making and sharing cool, fun, and free things on the web in 2026. you just gotta get outside the walled gardens
March 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
i know it seems bleak. but people are making and sharing cool, fun, and free things on the web in 2026. you just gotta get outside the walled gardens
When you think about it, well-written AI SKILL.md files can be a great resource for condensed information on a specific topic. We're basically just forcing ourselves to write great documentation 🤠
March 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
When you think about it, well-written AI SKILL.md files can be a great resource for condensed information on a specific topic. We're basically just forcing ourselves to write great documentation 🤠
every now and then i log back into tumblr and find a different world
March 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
every now and then i log back into tumblr and find a different world
blog post: you need to use this HTML feature yesterday!! IT's so semantic and beautiful!! Get rid of all you custom code!!
end of the post: Actually, there is no support in Firefox or Safari YET, you need to use polyfills, screen-reader support is limited, BUT just give it time 🙏
end of the post: Actually, there is no support in Firefox or Safari YET, you need to use polyfills, screen-reader support is limited, BUT just give it time 🙏
October 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
blog post: you need to use this HTML feature yesterday!! IT's so semantic and beautiful!! Get rid of all you custom code!!
end of the post: Actually, there is no support in Firefox or Safari YET, you need to use polyfills, screen-reader support is limited, BUT just give it time 🙏
end of the post: Actually, there is no support in Firefox or Safari YET, you need to use polyfills, screen-reader support is limited, BUT just give it time 🙏