Light vs. Dark Themes

Developers often have strong opinions about their environment and habits, such as the debate about tabs vesus spaces. I recently realized I prefer certain types of themes or color schemes for my software, depending on the type of activity.

For straight up writing, like blog posts or notes, I prefer a light theme.

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WordPress.com Desktop
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Bear

When the command line or code is involved, I prefer a dark theme.

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iTerm2
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Atom
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Arduino
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PhpStorm

New Primary Rough Design

If you are reading this at primaryrough.com you’re looking at a new design. I thought I’d freshen up the place with a new theme. The base design is a free WordPress theme from Templatextreme. I fixed a few things up and made a few modifications otherwise it looks the same as the theme you can download from their site. Hopefully in the future I will use my own personal custom photos.

What do you think of the new look?