AI replacing accessibility

For the longest time VS Code release notes gave accessibility a prominent place.

Now that space goes to AI.

I used to really enjoy reading about the improvements made to my code editor of choice. Lately, I haven’t, so I wanted to see if that feeling would show up in a graph:

Well, it does. Only three of the ten most recent releases mention accessibility at all while AI completely took over.

I really hope this isn’t where we’re heading as an industry. Accessibility isn’t a buzzword or a trend. I’d argue it’s even a pretty good indicator of quality in an era of vibe-coded slop.