Don't Lose Your Eyesight as a Dev... (5 Tips for Eye Strain)

My eyes are actually hurting me while watching “this”.

Few things. He decreased the brightness to 0. Just for the video, as you can see later on he puts back the brightness to an increased value, something like 30-40. The yellow blue block glasses are a mock-up, my fiance is an optometrist, it doesn't matter if you use f lux or w/e. Those yellow tinted glasses are awful and expensive. Not worth it, just marketing catch. The lamp on the top of the monitor will give you reflections, which will lead to eyestrains as well. I think He could have done a much better job, explaining like what value to use for brightness, alternatives and just go into the topic more with better experience. Like panels matter more and why many people are returning nano ips panels which hugely increase eyestrain and headaches. What rgb settings to use? Is better contrast ratio easier on the eyes? So many things we could have talk about. Even just to eat more salty because if someone is working out or it's summer, you will lose tons of salt by sweating. Also drinking more water is needed a lot.

I also face a lot of eye problems as I'm a developer and designer and using the screen for the last 8-10 years. Spending much time on screen. Here is some advice from my side that will help everyone to reduce Eye strain. These tips work for me and I go to many doctors and do a lot of research and find them. 1. Take a break after 20-25 minutes for 30-60 seconds. See you at a long distance. 2. Drink more water. 3. Try to reduce screen time 4. Make a good light environment while using a screen 5. Never use a screen in a dark room or in a low-light environment. 6. Blink your eye Frequently. 7. Use software that will remind you to take a break like Stretchly for Windows. So these will help you a lot. Prayer for me as well 😊

5 Tips: #1 Brightness : Low as per timeOfDay #2 BenQ Screen Bar : Similar to reading Lamp. Useful for working at night. Has temperature and Brightness adjustment. #3 Have a Good Font Style and Right Size : Roboto, Ubuntu, Open Sans, IBM Plex. #4 Have Glasses That Block Blue Light. #5 Enable Dark Mode : White Light and warm temperatures tire the eyes more. MyProTip : Buy a good Monitor with high refresh rate. That is less tiring.

0:10 is me all day 😂

Oh wow. I’m a senior dev and never noticed my brightness was on 95 on my 32 inch curved ultra wide. I’ve been getting serious eye strain and dizziness. Never even thought about the brightness. Thanks!

I love how stackoverflow is in every scene so realistic 😂

For myopic individuals, to reduce eye strain: 1) Invest on natural ambient lighting "full spectrum UV bulbs". Your eyes would thank you for providing quality lighting. 2) Avoid using screens in dark room/poor-lit environment. Night mode, anti-blue light whatever, would still give you astigmatism. 3) Re-adjust your screens before the point of blur horizon. Why stare at your screens at half your arm's length when you can still see clearly if you move back a little? Move your screens or your sitting position away ergonomically until it barely starts to blur. 4) Go touch some grass. Spend 2 hours outside on a sunny day. Get some distance vision. No wonder your eyes keep getting worse, you've never balanced your vision plane. Daily close-up: eye strain, more myopia. Daily distance vision: eyes relaxed, possibility of improved vision? Well, try it yourself.

Also dont forget to mention dont turn down brightness alot, because it will do more harm than good. you should focus on what is the easiest on your eyes not too dark not too bright. depending on the light level in your room.

Check out my next NEW video about trying an eye strain monitor! https://youtu.be/3N7vk6g9cTE

I think everyone is different, for me, light mode with the blue light filter works better, I used to use dark mode all the time and my eyes would get blurry, they felt tired. Even some studies say that dark mode is not as good as everyone claims it to be.

Honestly the best tip: "consider investing in glasses or contact lenses designed specifically for computer work. Ask your optometrist about lens coatings and tints that might help too." this reduces the work needed for you to read text, in turn giving rest to your eyes.

Night mode hurts your eyesight more then light mode. Its true that night mode strain eyes less, but hurts them more. Especially if you have astigmatism as research proved that night mode makes your lense widen a bit, which in turn worsens your astigmatism. Light mode does the opposite.

Another tip is if your programming at night make sure to keep the light on. Never code in the dark at night. Preferably use light mode with the lights on to reduce eye strain. Otherwise dark mode with light on is fine but risk of eye strain is higher.

Windows dark mode, vs code dark mode, intellij dark mode, dark background, google chrome dark mode extension, making all sites dark. And a lamp in the back helps me at night and day.

Thanks for the tips i am currently useing sunlight glasses and i felt the difference immediately

These are the things that I've already learned on my own and still own a spectacles.

Could anyone recommend what monitor to buy for sensitive eyes? Have blurry image and constantly headaches if I work a lot

3:54 BEST PART OF THE VIDEO!

Thanks for the tips, really helpful!