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Discussion on: Why do people switch to the dark theme as soon as they start programming?

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Matt Swensen

My bet is that is that most people think that it's easier on the eyes. Or maybe just that it looks cool. 😎

Lately I've been allowing my OS to switch between dark and light automatically based on time of day, and then configuring VS Code to mirror the OS theme (settings > "Auto Detect Color Scheme"). The trick with that approach is that it's nice to find an editor theme that has both a dark and a light variant that go well together (not required, but it's nice), which I use themer for.