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[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

The meta tag makes your browser default to dark for a user's dark preference. That means you don't need additional CSS at all for a baseline. It also means if you forget or miss a dark or light alternative style for some element, the browser defaults already cover them.

Thinker mentioned the separate CSS loading separately. Which can lead to relayouts, in the worst cases flashing like they mentioned, but typically just increased loading time until first render, and less robustness against connection issues (html loads but css doesn't).