---
title: "Why 1.3 billion people depend on progress, not perfection"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-1-3-billion-people-depend-on-progress-not-perfection-mdynxgcr3
source_url: https://allthingsopen.org/articles/open-source-accessibility-progress-over-perfection
type: article
source: "All Things Open"
published: 2026-02-05T08:30:59.854Z
updated: 2026-02-05T08:31:24.494Z
tags: ["open-source", "github", "community", "accessibility"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 15
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Why 1.3 billion people depend on progress, not perfection

**[All Things Open](https://daily.dev/sources/allthingsopen)** · 3 min read · 15 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

GitHub is investing in open source accessibility to help 1.3 billion people with disabilities. The initiative focuses on three key areas: fixing foundational open source projects to create a multiplier effect downstream, enabling disabled developers to contribute and build careers, and supporting custom assistive technology development. GitHub's Open Source Accessibility Summit attracted 800 registrants, demonstrating strong community demand. The work emphasizes incremental progress over perfection, with resources available at gh.io/open-source-accessibility for developers at all skill levels to contribute.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@fabianletsch** · 2 upvotes

> A great start is having an icon button component in your projects that expects a text and applies a tooltip, aria-label or title with it.
>
> This way you dont forget to add it.

**@akkitto** · 1 upvotes

> Yeah, because a huge company like that is doing anything to "help", ever.

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