There's a comp sci student I try to help but his entire ide is in light mode. He uses a macbook with full brightness on and it physically hurts my eyes. I use a Thinkpad with half brightness, night mode on, and dark mode everything.

JESUS YOU USE LIGHT MODE

How many puppy stragglings are you up to this year, buddy?

It’s just easier to read light on dark, for so many. According to this, I should find light mode more accessible; but for myself and my legally blind friend, we find light on dark much easier to read and navigate.

Automatic dark mode/night shift is the way to go, change my mind.

It depends on the context, but I often prefer light mode with screen brightness set to very low. Easy on the eyes. Never experience the shock of going from a dark page to a bright page. Bonus is that battery is rarely an issue for me (usually 80% remaining on normal days).

I have a theory that people who complain about light mode haven’t figured it’s possible to just reduce the screen brightness.

I can't handle dark mode on most screens especially in daytime. It strains my eyes trying to read light text in dark background, even more so when there's ambient light. I prefer a solarised light mode for IDEs, with anything else I make do. I've spent hours trying to find a usable dark theme for VS Code, and I've always ended up going back to light.

I only like dark themes, but on a phone they suck in the sun, so from time to time I switch it up just to see.