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It makes reading code more enjoyable for me. This is the joy of uniqueness. For me, colour is beyond annoying on text. I loath it, yet would never want your

by b112 3y ago

It makes reading code more enjoyable for me. This is the joy of uniqueness. For me, colour is beyond annoying on text. I loath it, yet would never want your colours removed! I worked for a guy who thought he was "helping" by barging in and distracting me, whenever he saw me in deep thought. I finally confronted him on it, and he thought this helped the creative process! OK great! I think through a mega-complex problem, anticipating possible issues with furture use of my code, security issues, or if people use the API wrong, and in barges the guy 70% of the way through a thought process and starts blathering on about something irrelevant. Sure, I guess ot helps HIM become creative, but it just wastes my time and is highly annoying, and does nothing for me. Except perhaps engender mistakes. Letting others work as they do best, is pivotal to success. So please all people who have read this far, colour is great, but also no colour is too.

kstrauser 3y ago
Just so you know, if I were on your jury after you rage-killed the guy, I would vote to acquit. And yep. I like color. You don't. I'm glad we both have the options we like!
- mst 3y ago
  This is why trials should be conducted with a jury of your -actual- peers.
  - bee_rider 3y ago
    Except, if we hope for jury nullification in the case of obviously ok crimes like murdering distraction-causers, we should not want to be tried by really hardcore programmer. They know the possibility of null is a bad smell.
wvenable 3y ago
This is the answer to so many supposedly objective arguments here. Mistaking innate preferences for an objective benefit. This often comes up regarding different styles of programming languages. I've come to realize that I like certain programming languages, not entirely because of any objective superiority, but because my brain works a certain way and those languages compliment it. There are languages that I just can't stand that others heartily enjoy. I could make objective arguments with evidence but someone whos brain works entirely different from mine is going to remain unconvinced.
Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
> I worked for a guy who thought he was "helping" by barging in and distracting me, whenever he saw me in deep thought. I finally confronted him on it, and he thought this helped the creative process! My wife used to do a similar thing. Since the "deep thought" look is very similar to the "annoyed" look, she thought she'd lighten the mood by sending me funny things to look at and then demand I go look at them, and then she'd get annoyed that I didn't react. Sorry, honey, I'm juggling a mental model of multiple functions and classes. The Humor module is currently disabled. Like you, I finally had to set the boundary. When I'm in hyperfocus mode, DO NOT DISTURB unless it's important and can't wait. Don't even ask me if I want something to drink. Your assistance is not needed.

by b112 3y ago

kstrauser 3y ago

Just so you know, if I were on your jury after you rage-killed the guy, I would vote to acquit. And yep. I like color. You don't. I'm glad we both have the options we like!

mst 3y ago
This is why trials should be conducted with a jury of your -actual- peers.
- bee_rider 3y ago
  Except, if we hope for jury nullification in the case of obviously ok crimes like murdering distraction-causers, we should not want to be tried by really hardcore programmer. They know the possibility of null is a bad smell.

wvenable 3y ago

This is the answer to so many supposedly objective arguments here. Mistaking innate preferences for an objective benefit. This often comes up regarding different styles of programming languages. I've come to realize that I like certain programming languages, not entirely because of any objective superiority, but because my brain works a certain way and those languages compliment it. There are languages that I just can't stand that others heartily enjoy. I could make objective arguments with evidence but someone whos brain works entirely different from mine is going to remain unconvinced.

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

> I worked for a guy who thought he was "helping" by barging in and distracting me, whenever he saw me in deep thought. I finally confronted him on it, and he thought this helped the creative process! My wife used to do a similar thing. Since the "deep thought" look is very similar to the "annoyed" look, she thought she'd lighten the mood by sending me funny things to look at and then demand I go look at them, and then she'd get annoyed that I didn't react. Sorry, honey, I'm juggling a mental model of multiple functions and classes. The Humor module is currently disabled. Like you, I finally had to set the boundary. When I'm in hyperfocus mode, DO NOT DISTURB unless it's important and can't wait. Don't even ask me if I want something to drink. Your assistance is not needed.