Chris Westbrook

Apr 12, 2024 | dev.to | Chris Westbrook

Well I didn't realize my last youtube video was a disaster, no one could see my screen. I think we got it sorted now so that people can see my screen and me. Check out my next video on how to create an express backend with a next.js front end in typescript VIDEO

Apr 11, 2024 | dev.to | Chris Westbrook

I am a blind web developer, and I made my first youtube livestream today. i converted a webhook using clerk authentication from a next.js webhook to an express route for use in an express api server. I recorded my screen reader as well so you would be able to hear how I code. I hope the visuals turned out OK i.e. you can actually see my screen, I'm not very familiar with how obs works, I just added the sources.

Mar 13, 2024 | dev.to | Chris Westbrook

I am a blind accessibility engineer and programmer and I thought I would write an article detailing some of the common things I see in my day job. Accessibility may seem overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. So here are three things you can do to improve your website's accessibility right away. use semantic htmlIf something should be a button, make it a If something should be a link, make it a link. Don't use purely clickable divs to indicate actions.

Feb 20, 2024 | rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Caleb Miller |Keri A Nicoll |Chris Westbrook |R. Giles Harrison

1 INTRODUCTION Fog occurs when the atmospheric visibility is reduced below 1000 m as a result of water droplets suspended in the air (AMS, 2012). Fog can cause a significant disruption to transportation.1 This could be mitigated with accurate forecasts. However, even with modern techniques, it is still very difficult to forecast fog using numerical weather prediction (NWP) methods (Fernando et al., 2021).