LeetCode but You Can Force People to Code in Light Mode(beatcode.dev) |
LeetCode but You Can Force People to Code in Light Mode(beatcode.dev) |
That said, I’m not fond of super dark or pure black-based themes and prefer those with a 75% gray background (with 100% being black) or thereabouts. With pure black themes the code pops too much and it feels like it’s all vying for my eyes’ attention at once.
Also it effectively cured my SAD.
I'm just really glad that my web browser has a reader mode, or else there would be quite a few web sites (blogs etc.) that I could not read.
For dev work at home, I use darkmode, but I usually work in a less well-lit environment and for less time.
But honestly, I don't get what the big deal is with either preference, it's not a big deal really.. black or white.. it's fine!
Just kidding ;D
I'm actually studying my students' color theme preferences for lecture slides and I'm seeing that while a majority do prefer dark mode, there is noticeable chunk that still prefer light mode. I think some of it may involve time of viewing, but that is another research question I haven't explored quite yet.
Also, light theme allows for more distinguishable colors.
The code is also open-source too at https://github.com/beatcode-official
Cool project!
https://github.com/beatcode-official/server/blob/42169027dda...
The problem is that we're used to code that works all the time or none of the time. With LLMs you can't know if it's right for sure and it's really hard to check.
Though LLMs are really good at anything related to plain LeetCode problems. There has been so much written about the standard LeetCode problems across so many websites that it’s all heavily represented in training sets.
The author has a YouTube channel where he actually solves a lot of the problems step by step. Really cool as a learning resource
It baffles me that anyone could be so wedded to their theme that they would use dark at midday in a well-lit office or vice versa.
Once theme switching became part of the OS, I rejoiced.
It still pisses me off when I reach a website that doesn't follow my scheme setting but offers a manual toggle.
EDIT: If you're gonna be devious, just force people to code with blue font over black background.
As I've aged my preferences have moved away from dark themes to light themes.
I used to have everything in dark mode: terminal, IDE, sublime text, use Dark Reader Chrome extension.
But I can't see shit anymore. I need light!
Also definitely stay away from Solarized. The contrasts on Solarized get muddled really quickly if you run your screen at low backlight intensity and especially if you use a night light blue filter / orange overlay.
Hope it helps!
(I suspect a decent chunk of Solarized’s popularity came from the fact it was popular, rather than the “science”-based facade it marketed itself as.)
Unfortunately the site is unplayable currently. But it has a lot of potential, it's similar to binarysearch.io which all my friends loved: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22164212
Regardless, is that forcing an inverse color scheme on someone supposed to prove something valuable?
They had it right in the '80s (except the Mac): white text on a dark-blue background FTW. And through the '90s and probably into the 2000s, Word even had a specific checkbox option for this scheme: "Blue background, white text."
Still, fun.
Dark mode always strained my eyes like crazy. White bg is too much. Solarized Light works best for me.
I wish the colors on notepad++ were a little darker, and someday I need to figure out why the stock gentoo color scheme looks the best to me, and try and recreate it elsewhere.
For me personally it would be an immense boost to morale. Getting any offer would boost morale but a top tier tech company is the Pinnacle.
I haven’t really figured out a good way to diffuse the 250w corn bulb, its blinding to look at and it’s absolutely massive. Maybe I could use ABS and 3D print a translucent shroud and mounting bracket for it.
I had another 100W corn bulb that didn’t use a fan and it burned out after about a year.
I’ll be honest right now I’m in a transition period of moving rooms so I’ll often just spend 30 minutes in there in the morning, although last year I spent 8 hours a day in there. It really helped me during the big snowstorm the Midwest US had recently. I just bought cheap 200W equivalent LED bulbs until I got to the full 28, because that was super easy, then I’ve started experimenting.
In winter time when the sun is shining directly into the window that’s still brighter, but that happened maybe a dozen times over the last 80 days, even with a south facing window. This winter was super dreary.
Sorry I’m rambling, but Maybe at some point I’ll worry about CRIs but this was mostly an experiment. It has definitely helped but if you like indoor lighting you probably already know that.
I might comment wattage and lux if I can, couple days.
I also have variants of light and dark for different lighting conditions at night and day (particularly glare).
What are your rooms like? Do you live in a castle?
I have tripped my breaker when running the setup, so I run from two outlets on two breakers. For my current (quite large) room, I'd love to upgrade to the 5000W lights (Nanlux Evoke 5000B or the Aputure STORM XT52), but electrical wiring would be a hassle. For a standard room, I find 700W to be sufficient.
I also backed this project - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brighter-the-world-s-brig... - been following them since their Show HN.
[1] https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1729860-REG/smallrig_... [2] https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1715199-REG/godox_kno...
So it's not unfair to say that you're off by a order of magnitude. For a single stand, 2 orders if counting all the stands.
1400 W is a lot by conventional room lighting standards, but not if your objective is recreating daylight indoors.
Edit: It was! That mad lad!