[chrisvenum]

As a dyslexic programmer, I often think about how I would never be able to do the job I do without syntax highlighting.

I don’t really know why it works so well for me, but I think it helps me skim and pattern match syntax much more easily without spending too much time reading every single word, which is exhausting for me.

Types and autocompletion in an IDE also help me massively reduce issues with spelling and ultimately free up my brain to think about the logic rather than stressing out about every single thing I type.

Really cool that some people don’t need it, but for me, I am grateful to those who have spent the time on great themes. Solarized Dark is a favourite of mine.

[gylterud]

I had not thought about this perspective (I wrote this essay many eons ago). But now I have a good colleague who is dyslexic, and he said the same thing. He says, for him, the colours carry more meaning than the characters often.

[fouronnes3]

It is quite powerful that when you see a common keyword in the wrong color you can immediately deduce a syntax error.

[alfiedotwtf]

See my other comment in this post. The reason I started thinking about creating a theme was because colour themes can sometimes saturate the ADHD brain, and so I’m going to try and dial back the colour to reduce the noise.

Hopefully when I’m done, you can take a peek to see if can help with your dyslexia