hot take: developers who use dark mode are 10x less productive than light mode devs
i've been tracking this at my startup for 6 months
the data doesn't lie
#buildinpublic#startuplife#unpopularopinion
(yes this is the hill i will die on)
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This post contains no verifiable data. The author's "startup" was a newsletter with 47 subscribers. Studies actually show developer productivity is unrelated to IDE theme preferences.