I'm on exactly the opposite end of the spectrum (and no one else seems to be supporting the full opposite position, so I may as well). I use use emacs with rain

I'm on exactly the opposite end of the spectrum (and no one else seems to be supporting the full opposite position, so I may as well). I use use emacs with rainbow-identifiers-mode[1] enabled, which gives every variable a different color. I can't say for certain that it makes me more productive. I just turned enabled it on a lark when I installed spacemacs. But it's fun, and looking at code without it on seems somehow boring now. I'm definitely more comfortable with it on than with it off. http://i.imgur.com/Q8D9dXz.png http://i.imgur.com/Q8D9dXz.png 1: https://github.com/Fanael/rainbow-identifiers https://github.com/Fanael/rainbow-identifiers