Why do programmers prefer dark mode🌚

it attracts all the spam

because this joke has been done to death decades ago already

I like dark mode because it decreases the eye strain and I studied ergonomics.

Also when people see me working i look like a l33t haxxor

@antigermanist If you have studied ergonomics then you would know that this is bullshit.
Light theme is causing eye strain only if you are sitting in a dark room.
In a bright environment, you can‘t see shit with dark mode.

This is the same reason why smartphones automatically increase brightness in bright environments and decrease it in dark environments. And also the same reason why automatic theme selection picks dark mode at night and light mode at day.

IT DEPENDS ON YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

So, unless you are sitting in a dark room all day long (which you shouldn’t do anyway since the human body needs some light), light theme is objectively better.

@Lensflare yeah that kind of boring shit is why I'm a programmer and not an ergonomist.

@antigermanist then stop pretending like you know what you are talking about and implying that there is science behind what you tell.

Kill yourself

@Lensflare jee do you have to take everything literally

I was a dark theme user my whole life till I joined the workforce.

Everyone uses macbooks in my office, and their screens are reflective as hell. So when in dark mode, it's like you're looking at a fucking mirror with all those lights behind you staring at your soul. Also it's really annoying to focus since many lines would be covered up with the light reflections. That's why many of us prefer using light mode in the office.

Some good people take the initiative and turn off a few lights for the comfort and use dark mode. But as soon as the sun goes down, someone else will turn on the lights and it's all for nothing.

Some monsters would also switch to the secondary trash monitors just to use dark mode with their neck on the line since they come with anti reflective coating.