A frontend developer with eight years of accessibility advocacy reflects on the shift from passion-driven to compliance-driven accessibility after the European Accessibility Act. She describes building automated accessibility tooling and a tiered mental model: Tier 1 developers use accessible components without needing deep knowledge, Tier 2 developers understand the patterns, and Tier 3 champions build the infrastructure. The post argues that making accessibility the default through automation and good tooling is more scalable than trying to make everyone care deeply, and shares lessons learned from building a custom Select component that bridges ARIA specs and real UX expectations.