> Hey nerds: dark theme is dumb. Just light up your space. Eye strain comes from the contrast between a bright screen and your dark room background. Fix your lighting. Or if you insist on being a cave goblin then lower your screen brightness. Dark theme is overrated. Fight me.
Light theme might have a readability edge in daytime / well lit offices. But I'd bet most people using Unity are hobbyists doing it at home in their evening hours, when you want to dial down your blue light for the sake of sleep.
Didn't think it would cross the uncanny valley for me when it opened the chat by taunting me for being up too late, reading the time digit by digit. Not something a human would do.
> I think you're talking about @ and ~ boxes. As I recall, those were removed the same year the iPad and Instagram debuted.
Take criticism better.
A language choice on a project means the veterans are indefinitely charged with teaching it to newbies. For all Rust's perks, I judge that it would be a time suck for this reason.
Browsing some random rust game code:
[https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/8c7f1b34d3fa52c007b2...]
pub fn play<'p>(
&mut self,
player: &'p mut AnimationPlayer,
new_animation: AnimationNodeIndex,
transition_duration: Duration,
) -> &'p mut ActiveAnimation {
[https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/8c7f1b34d3fa52c007b2...]
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Resource)]
#[cfg_attr(feature = "bevy_reflect", derive(Reflect), reflect(Default, Resource))]
pub struct ButtonInput<T: Copy + Eq + Hash + Send + Sync + 'static> {
/// A collection of every button that is currently being pressed.
pressed: HashSet<T>,
...
> Zig does enhance on C, there is no doubt. I would rather write Zig than C. The design is better, more modern, and the language is safer. But why stop half way? Why fix some problems and ignore the most damaging ones?
I was disappointed when Rust went 1.0. It appeared to be on a good track to dethroning C++ in the domain I work in (video games)... but they locked it a while before figuring out the ergonomics to make it workable for larger teams.
Any language that imbues the entire set of special characters (!#*&<>[]{}(); ...etc) with mystical semantic context is, imo, more interested in making its arcane practitioners feel smart rather than getting good work done.
> I don’t think that simplicity is a good vector of reliable software.
No, but simplicity is often a property of readable, team-scalable, popular, and productive programming languages. C, Python, Go, JavaScript...
Solving for reliability is ultimately up to your top engineers. Rust certainly keeps the barbarians from making a mess in your ivory tower. Because you're paralyzing anyone less technical by choosing it.
> I think my adventure with Zig stops here.
This article is a great critique. I share some concerns about the BDFL's attitudes about input. I remain optimistic that Zig is a long way from 1.0 and am hoping that when Andrew accomplishes his shorter-term goals, maybe he'll have more brain space for addressing some feedback constructively.
Light theme might have a readability edge in daytime / well lit offices. But I'd bet most people using Unity are hobbyists doing it at home in their evening hours, when you want to dial down your blue light for the sake of sleep.