Ask HN: Do older devs buy heavier notebooks so they can see the screen with their diminishing eyesight?
And if so, at what age do older devs start doing this?
And if so, at what age do older devs start doing this?
Age related long-sightedness is one of the most annoying things. You can see far away sort of OK, but you can't read your phone or something printed in small letters right under your nose. You also realize how this is an invisible and largely ignored problem by the fact that packaging designers (and most designers in general) don't care about you at all.
It only gets worse as you age but you are of course reluctant about "upgrading" your glasses because you know they only make it worse and there's no going back from each upgrade.
As for laptops, I do prefer 16" since I move cities and countries a lot, can't afford moving a desk monitor with me.
Is that actually true? I always assumed my lenses would harden at a more-or-less constant rate no matter what I do. I wouldn't think wearing glasses could the speed up or slow down the process.
What I did around the time I turned 41 was buy a giant 50" 4k TV and mount it about 5 feet (1.5 meters) away from my head. I run it at 100% magnification, but you could easily run it at 150% if you want bigger text.
Spreading an IDE over such a large space is like a godsend, and the distance helps reduce eyestrain.
To answer the original question though, yes :) I've been going for light over power for a while now.