The history of Monokai

Re:The history of Monokai by yanzhang0219 on Thursday October 31, 2024 @12:07AM (#42003406)

Years ago, when I first started programming, I used Sublime Text, and I was captivated by its theme colors, Monokai. Its blue and red were especially striking to me, resonating deeply. So many years have passed, and I’ve encountered and used many great color themes, but Monokai has always held a special place in my heart. To me, it’s not just a theme; it represents the beginning of my programming journey. Recently, I even created what I consider the most accurate Monokai theme for my Neovim, which accompanies me for over 10 hours every day.

For folks who also like it, pick it up here: https://github.com/rockyzhang24/dotfiles/blob/master/.config...

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Re:The history of Monokai by jackthetab on Thursday October 31, 2024 @09:38AM (#42006786)

For me, that color scheme is green on black. :-)

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Re:The history of Monokai by scoofy on Thursday October 31, 2024 @01:30PM (#42009130)

Same story for me. I'd programmed in python for a while, but I first learned web development from Steve Huffman's little udacity course on how they built reddit (I know I say it every time I run into you at events, but thanks again for that Steve).

Anyway, I distinctly remember that that course was the first time I'd ever seen Monokai, and I immediately was obsessed with what that color scheme was, and that it was the most interesting color scheme I'd ever seen. I immediately downloaded Sublime Text and have been using it ever since. I know it shouldn't matter, but having a visually pleasing color scheme just takes the edge off when I'm on hour four of trying to solve some dumb bug.

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Re:The history of Monokai by tetris11 on Thursday October 31, 2024 @02:53PM (#42010167)

Hear hear. When I finally switched from Sublime to Emacs, I took the color theme with me.

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