Light mode is easier to read thanks to black-on-white text I think (I need to use bigger fonts in dark mode for the same readability). But to avoid issues with

Light mode is easier to read thanks to black-on-white text I think (I need to use bigger fonts in dark mode for the same readability). But to avoid issues with brightness I set monitor brightness to the minimum and set the background to light yellow ("solarized") rather than plain white.