
Should Programming Languages Enforce Accessibility Standards?
Let’s talk about something that usually gets relegated to the “nice to have” pile in most development shops: accessibility. And I’m not talking about that awkward moment when someone mentions WCAG compliance and everyone suddenly finds their shoes very interesting. I’m talking about something more fundamental—should our programming languages themselves be the ones policing accessibility standards? Here’s my hot take: we’ve been approaching this problem backwards. We’ve created mountains of guidelines, compliance frameworks, and regulatory requirements, yet we still treat accessibility like it’s a feature you bolt on at the end, right before launch, when someone remembers “oh yeah, screen readers exist....



