• Magister@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Senior dev here, and dark theme is the best, really, how could we used white as shit screens/IDE before is beyond me. Everything is dark theme here. Using dual 27" 4K (in Linux, using 120DPI for fonts), lot of spaces, readable, smooth fonts

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      8 months ago

      I live in a mid rise apartment with big beautiful windows, and light mode is easier to read in a bright ass room. And I don’t need to deprive myself of sunlight be working in a pitch black basement office, I’m depressed enough as it is.

      Just explaining my situation, in a mid-lit room I could go either way. Dark room -> dark mode

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      8 months ago

      I don’t know how other devs tolerate IDEs in the first place. Is not (neo)vim and CLI sufficient?

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        8 months ago

        I was using standard editor and cli for years, but for a couple of years now I’m using code in Linux and it’s really good