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Oct 13
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686: Todd Libby on Deceptive Patterns

Chris Coyier & Dave Rupert
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Todd Libby is on the show to talk with us about deceptive patterns on the web, what WCAG is and who it's for, and 5 deceptive patterns in use on the web today.

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Todd Libby

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Web developer and developer advocate from Portland, Maine now living in Phoenix, Arizona. I had been a developer for most of my 25 years professionally in tech before moving to accessibility.

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