I'm an accessibility engineer and enthusiast who like to developing user-friendly interfaces. Obviously, my true passion is web accessibility (or a11y for short.) Even I focus more on web accessibility front-end and web development aren't strangers to me.
- Editor and accessibility engineer at Doka Guide, open-source handbook for the Russian-speaking tech community
- Women Techmakers Ambassador
- Technical writer, focusing on accessibility and web development
- Open-source contributor
- Podcast creator, have a lot to say about accessibility
- Mentor who help other developers
- Philomath and bookworm, love to learn new things about the web and help others learn.
A prolifient PC user, know how to open Microsoft Word, send an email via Outlook…
Accessibility: WCAG, WAI-ARIA, WCAG-EM, assistive technologies (text-to-speech, speech-to-text, magnifiers), manual and automatic testing/evaluation, accessibility maturity models; US, EU and Russian legislation.
Core languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery (hello, my dark past.)
Frameworks and templating engines: Angular, Next.js, Nunjucks, Handlebars.
CSS preprocessors: Sass, Stylus.
HTML preprocessor and static site generators: Pug, 11ty.
Builders: Gulp, Parcel.
Other: Basics of UX/UI (I've even read Don't Make Me Think), usability, and universal design; Git, BEM, closed captions, text transcriptions, wrote somehow on TypeScript.
My bonus non-professional superpower is dog and cat whispering 🐈.
My other passion is tech writing. I bet you've already guessed my favorite topic, ha-ha. If not, I can give you a clue: The topic contains two letters “a” and “y” divided by the number “11.” If you are curious about it, check the list of my writings and translations or go to my personal blog.
Sometimes I realize that I can talk and have talks (as you can see, my logic is bulletproof.) A few years ago, I was a co-organizer of the first Russian-speaking meetup on accessibility pitera11y_meetup. I have experience being a speaker and, at the same time, a person who aren't sleep a wink because of organizer's duties. You need to find a place for an event, bring speakers, review their talks, slides, and so on. Pretty stressful duty!
In April 2023, I decided it wasn't too late to start my own podcast. This is how the first Russian-speaking podcast about accessibility and inclusion, titled Inclusive Pineapple (because why not?), was created. Of course, I'm not alone. Glasha Zhur, my incredible co-host and an accessibility lead from Semrush, joins me.
I prepare topics and materials for discussions, record the audio, assist with audio mixing, transcribing, captioning, and update the podcast website… In short, I handle all typical podcaster tasks.
Occasionally, I appear as a guest on other tech podcasts, such as the Web Stadards Podcast. It's one of the most popular Russian-language podcasts with 28.2K subscribers on YouTube.
- Preparing for IAAP CPACC certification
- New CSS features (because there are a lot of them, so hard to stay updated)
- How JavaScript works on a deep level
- Automated testing
- How to debug efficiently, like a ninja
And the last but not least, how to survive in this world as a late-diagnosed autistic adult 🙃.