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I am sorry, but everyone is getting syntax highlighting wrong (tonsky.me)
submitted 6 months ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 50 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Per statistics, 70% of developers prefer dark themes. Being in the other 30%, that question always puzzled me. Why?

Have you tried asking any of them?

And I think I have an answer. Here’s a typical dark theme: [...] and here’s a light one: [...] On the latter one, colors are way less vibrant.

Does the author not understand that a lot of us code in darker environments where the light background of most light themes either sears our retinas or forces us to turn the monitor brightness so far down that everything becomes a shade of grey?

[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

I use a light theme because my astigmatism causes more blurriness on a dark themes.

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