Andy Carter

@andycarter.dev

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Tech Team Lead at Evoluted in the Steel City of Sheffield. I'm a PHP and JavaScript developer working with Laravel and CakePHP. I like to talk about the importance of digital accessibility. (He/Him) https://andycarter.dev

First slide from my 'Honey I Blew Up the Web' talk

Leeds Dock.

The stage at All Day Hey

Developers Up North — speaker Andy Carter, topic: Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar. June 18th 2026, in Hull, United Kingdom.

Andy appearing to hang upside down from the ceiling of a kitchen

As someone who browses the Web with increased text size (according to Appt's research, 26% of people do), this is unfortunately my lived experience.

TechMids conference lanyard

TechMids banner

Ozzy the Bull

Photo of Andy smiling and wearing a hoodie with the words 'Always be a little kinder than necessary' written across the front

Andy appearing to hang upside down from the ceiling of a kitchen

First slide of my 'Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the story of two codebases' talk

Screenshot of a server warning due to a missing SSL certificate

TechMids 2025 - Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Screenshot of Firefox's reader mode

A large screen above an empty stage promotes Jon Richardson and Friends annual comedy night for Bright Young Dreams and Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity ahead of the evening's event

Colourful mural painted on the side of an old cutlery works, featuring geometric patterns interwoven with brick buildings, cranes and trees

Sheffield city centre's skyline viewed from above the grassy amphitheatre of South Street Park with the train station at the bottom

Street view of an 18th-century former cutlery works building that now houses Evoluted

Leeds Dock, a large water basin surrounded by modern buildings. The sky is blue and cloudless. The buildings are reflected in the calm water.

Book covers for James Joyce's Ulysses and Eric Carle's the Very Hungry Caterpillar

First slide of my 'Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the story of two codebases' talk

Street view of an 18th-century former cutlery works building that now houses Evoluted

Andy being interviewed in front of a colourful mural of a kingfisher, an on-screen graphic for ITV News Calendar displays Andy Carter's name and affiliation to Street Art Sheffield

White painted beach shelter with a pebbled beach and the sea in the background, the sky is blue with some wispy clouds

First slide of my 'Magnifying the Web, the Web through my eyes' talk

Traditional bandstand in a busy city park, carnival players practice their percussion instruments in the bandstand

Canal with lock surrounded by tall modern apartment buildings and the BT tower in the distance

large ice sculpture of the front of York Minster

pedestrian bridge suspended from the arch of a viaduct with a large sculpture of a spider looking down

A kiwi bird

Nut roast with roast vegetables and potatoes, peas, cranberry sauce and gravy

Andy stood in front of a light sculpture of a Christmas tree with a bear wearing a Santa hat emerging from the top of the tree

abandoned shopping trolley left in the middle of a car park

Empty stage at the start of last night's Sheffield DM event with a welcome slide projected on the back wall

Sheffield DM promo for Why we need to care about accessibility talk, event is 28th November at the Workstation in Sheffield

Road no entry sign that a graffiti artist has added a person painting out the white line

First slide of my Magnifying the Web the Web through my eyes talk

Sheffield DM Thursday 28th November 2024 5.30pm to 8pm at the Workstation Creative Lounge

Keratoconus is an eye disease in which the normally round dome-shaped cornea progressively thins causing a cone-like bulge to develop. This eventually impairs the ability of the eye to focus properly. It affects 0.05% to 0.2% of people.

Selfie of Andy smiling with the beach in the background