> This post is day 04 of my #100DaysToOffload challenge. If you want to get involved, you can get more info from https://100daystooffload.com.
I find that the intent behind publishing any piece of content is an incredibly accurate predictor for its usefulness in my experience. When you can ascertain that of course. But essentially, my rule of thumb is that if the chain of events looks like this:
1. I really want to write a blog post
2. What should it be about?
then I won't find much useful in it, regardless of the topic. But if it's the other way around:
1. I really want to share this idea of mine
2. What medium should I use to deliver it?
then I often find it useful to me, again regardless of the topic.
Funnily enough, the title of the author's next blog post in this series captures this idea well: "Writing With SEO In Mind"
And it's far easier to tolerate an instance of dark mode in a lighter-themed environment than the reverse because the initial switch is so much more jarring than light->dark (which can also be jarring, but it's not as jarring)
(If you meant your comment to be "I found this works for me: ..." or "Have you tried ...?", then write it that way. The imperative mood is off-putting.)
FWIW: On my laptop, which I use most of the time these days, I adjust the brightness continually, probably 20+ times a day, and keep it pretty low. (I buy Thinkpads partly because their minimum brightness is so low.) On my desktop monitor, which is more annoying to adjust, I actually keep it at 0 most of the time, and bump it to 35 when the sun is out.
That's probably why people want to be vocal about it (not as much as said bro culture still)
The only time I can even consider using light mode is mid-day with plenty of natural light around. At night when all the lights are dim, even the lowest brightness on my laptop (which is quite low), plus redshift, plus blue-blocking glasses, isn't enough to be comfortable in light mode. I use the "Deluminate" extension for Chrome to make all sites dark, all the time.
Perhaps I'm unusually sensitive to light (I think I am), but based on the comments here I think I'm far from alone.