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blog.karenying.com
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blog.karenying.com is a personal blog at blog.karenying.com about design and programming. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its post on GitHub's dark mode, which is about the design of dark themes. One commenter cites it as evidence that others shared the same complaint.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I beep boop and write about it
Most-linked posts?
- GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-12
What Hacker News says?
One of the reason I was so disturbed by Github's dark mode when they first introduced it. And I was not the only one [1]. Thankfully, they have tried to address with different shades of dark (`dark dimmed` and `dark high contrast`) since then. [1] https://blog.karenying.com/posts/github-darkmode-sucks
Comment linking /posts/github-darkmode-sucks
on “Never Use Black (2012)”Submitted GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark as a story · 380 points
HN discussionSubmitted Boost Visual Accessibility by Auto Flipping Text Color Based on Background Color as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Guide to Becoming a VSCode Girl as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted From pixels to bricks: the similarities between digital design and architecture as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Spotify Wrapped design analysis (2 min read) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion