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The One Hour Accessibility Ambush

We gave ourselves one hour to improve a deliberately rough interface and tracked which accessibility fixes AI found, missed, or only half-understood.

Idea

Use time pressure as the point. One hour, one ugly interface, and a very direct question: does the AI improve the right things first?

Status

We made meaningful progress fast, then hit the familiar wall where semantic correctness and actual usability part ways.

Problems Faced

  • The easy fixes arrived instantly.
  • The more important judgement calls still needed a human eye.

Techniques That Helped

  • Pair automated checks with manual reading order and keyboard passes.
  • Treat suggested fixes as drafts, not answers.

Lessons Learned

Accessibility is a strong test for whether an AI understands intent or just patterns.