tags / design-systems (2)

2026-08-195 min read

I Rebuilt Real Government Websites to Find Out What My Design System Got Wrong

A design system tested only on its own docs page is a guess. So I rebuilt ministry websites page for page on afrigov, logged every gap, and fixed the system instead of the pages.

design-systems
accessibility
govtech

2026-05-275 min read

Accessibility That Fails the Build

National flag colours are often too light to read as text. afrigov checks every colour pair at build time, derives a readable shade when an official colour fails, and fails the build when anything still doesn't pass.

design-systems
accessibility
css