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Just a random note, I recently switched VSCode to a white background and loving it! I guess, I'm over dark mode everything. For me it seems to help focus better to code on white background.

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Agree.

It's hard to explain, but the white background feels like, psychologically "freeing" - if that makes any sense. It feels like everything is "open" and "fresh".

Dark mode feels like being in a cave.

We evolved to detect predators in greenery. I use a light green theme.

in Visual Studio Code settings.json edit those line : "workbench.colorTheme": "Default Light+","workbench.colorCustomizations": { "editor.background": "#e0ffec", },

> We evolved to detect predators in greenery. I use a light green theme.

Do you spot bugs more easily in the greenery?

Here some reading for you : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24535839

Totally opposite, which is why I love that it’s a choice now!

What works for me is Solarized Light (or variants) when in a bright room or using a glossy screen. When in a dark environment or if I have access to a non glossy screen I switch to Solarized Dark. Currently the iPad is set to Grayscale mode with Night Shift On. Over the years I have now accepted that a single setting is not going to work and I need to select a handful of them to switch between.

As more apps have adopted MacOS' dark mode, I've been having a nice experience letting it change throughout the day.

I sometimes switch to light mode when working in bright sunlight. Otherwise (especially at night) I prefer dark (pitch black with high contrast!) mode.

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