There's a new DEV theme in town for all you 10x hackers out there (plus one actually useful new feature)
Ben Halpern

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There's a new DEV theme in town for all you 10x hackers out there (plus one actually useful new feature)

Publish Date: Oct 24 '19
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I'm excited to announce a new DEV theme... "Ten X Hacker". It's the only theme you'll use if you are a ninja rockstar magician. It features the iconic green on black text which signifies elite programming skillz.

👉 You can change your interface config in /settings/misc.

This is one of three changes to user config. The second change is the ability to set monospace font for the main body of DEV posts. I felt like this was a necessary complement to the ten x theme. I personally use sans serif, but you do you.

The third change...

You can now set your navbar to "static" (as opposed to the default of fixed). A lot of folks prefer a navbar which does not stay put at the top of the window. The fixed navbar is great for quick navigation and access to the menu, but some find it distracting while reading. There is no right or wrong in this preference debate, so we are now offering both configurations.

Here is the PR, for your curiosity...

Add new font and theme config, plus new navbar config option #4462

What type of PR is this? (check all applicable)

  • [ ] Refactor
  • [x] Feature
  • [ ] Bug Fix
  • [ ] Documentation Update

Description

This PR adds a couple fun, but admittedly useless, config options.

Screen Shot 2019-10-16 at 9 55 03 AM

It also adds one not-so-useless option: The ability to configure the navbar to be static instead of fixed. A lot of people have strongly held feelings about this and I think it's a nice thing to offer through configuration.

Future config options for the navbar could be an option where it slides up when you scroll down and down when you scroll up.

👉 You can change your interface config in /settings/misc.

Happy coding ❤️

Comments 48 total

  • Peter Kim Frank
    Peter Kim FrankOct 24, 2019

    matrix scrolling green text

    Excited to step up my "look cool in a coffee shop" laptop game.

  • Arturs Timofejevs
    Arturs TimofejevsOct 24, 2019

  • Amruta Ranade
    Amruta RanadeOct 24, 2019

    Oh! I didn't know you could change dev.to interface settings! Coool!

  • Alberto Garrido
    Alberto GarridoOct 24, 2019

    Nice, now a suggestion: add a random theme. On each reload we should get one different. Not completely useful but I'd use it 😂

  • Jess Lee
    Jess LeeOct 24, 2019

    The new theme makes me really happy — not because of the theme, but because of the joy I like to think it brought you while you were coding it. Goofy smiles all the way.

  • Fulton Browne
    Fulton BrowneOct 24, 2019

    Yessssssssss thanks dev team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ben Sinclair
    Ben SinclairOct 24, 2019

    There are a bunch of themes for dev on userstyles.org, have you seen them?

  • Bastien JAUNY
    Bastien JAUNYOct 24, 2019

    I don't know any fo the languages used for this but I find it really neat to see the PR associated to the news! I know what I'm looking at, and even if I don't have the comprehension level of the contributor(s) I can understand the big picture.

  • Zohar Peled
    Zohar PeledOct 24, 2019

    Personally, I like the night theme better, but the monospace font is absolutely better then the other choices, IMHO.

  • Palash Bauri 👻
    Palash Bauri 👻Oct 24, 2019

    He He! 😎
    Matrix is calling 🆒

  • Vicente G. Reyes
    Vicente G. ReyesOct 24, 2019

    I love it!!

  • Luigui Moreno
    Luigui MorenoOct 24, 2019

    Now this website has the colors it deserves

  • Abhinav Kulshreshtha
    Abhinav KulshreshthaOct 24, 2019

    I like the monospace addition. As for theme, It sounds cool but when I switched t it, It was a bit too highcontrast for my taste, and images looked odd with it. therefore after few minutes, I switched back to night mode.

  • Tim Downey
    Tim DowneyOct 24, 2019

    Thank you. It hurts my eyes, but that is a small price to pay to achieve 10x.

    Also gonna feel hella cyberpunk using this theme on BART at night. 😂

    • Tim Downey
      Tim DowneyNov 1, 2019

      Just wanna mention I have been using this theme now full time and it's really grown on me! It's a lot of fun and my eyes have adapted. 🖥

  • Petros Stergioulas
    Petros StergioulasOct 24, 2019

    Well, I am gonna stick with my pink theme, but still, it is so COOL!

  • Aadi Bajpai
    Aadi BajpaiOct 24, 2019

    you mean 1337 h@x0r 😛

  • Ghost
    GhostOct 24, 2019

    Damn my lame username, is the cereal_killer username still available? I guess I may also use crash_overdrive or zero_cool. Also, d0 1 h4v3 70 wr173 1n l337 n0w? I'm not very good at it.

  • Amanda Iaria
    Amanda IariaOct 24, 2019

    I love that you've all added comic sans as a font issue. (yes yes it's ugly but it helps with reading .... readability ...)

  • Yash Dave
    Yash Dave Oct 24, 2019

    I am finding myself hacking away 10x better already. It actually works! 🤯😎

  • Glenn Carremans
    Glenn CarremansOct 24, 2019

    Awesome! One thing I noticed is that monospace isn't applied to titles in posts (or titles in general).
    But still I switched to the new theme and monospace, will try it out for a couple of days.

  • 💾 bun9000
    💾 bun9000Oct 24, 2019

    stop reading my mind!

  • Habdul Hazeez
    Habdul HazeezOct 24, 2019

    Aweeeeeeesome

  • Petry DeChamp Richardson
    Petry DeChamp RichardsonOct 24, 2019

    I iz hacker yo'z! beep bop boop!

  • morgana
    morganaOct 24, 2019

    I'm a ten X hacker now...

    achievment unlocked image

  • ytjchan
    ytjchanOct 25, 2019

    Love the static navbar setting so that I can enjoy the extra screen space when reading on my phone 👀. Makes me wonder if a similar thing can be done with the reaction bar.

  • Davyd McColl
    Davyd McCollOct 25, 2019

    Hey, so the 10x engineer theme is quite nice as an accessibility theme, considering that the contrast is high and the gradients are simple.

    One request though: hyperlinks are not marked in any way. Could they perhaps be underlined, like a real hacker would? 😁

  • Andrew Bone
    Andrew BoneOct 25, 2019

    Aubergine will be here any day now I'm certain of it 😉

  • Daiyrbek Artelov
    Daiyrbek ArtelovOct 25, 2019

    Dreams come true...

    Dreams come true

  • Ryan Rowse
    Ryan RowseOct 25, 2019

    The only thing more enjoyable then switching to this new theme is the fact I got to look at the PR to see how it done!

  • Naga Chaitanya Konada
    Naga Chaitanya KonadaOct 26, 2019

    Thanks sir for the latest theme addition, I really loved it, immediately switched to it.

    But one thing I noticed is that the links are no longer looking different than the normal text. Is there some caching going on at my end, not sure. But just letting the forum know, is there a better way to report this.

    Thanks...

  • Rafaell Lycan
    Rafaell LycanOct 28, 2019

    With font as Comic Sans gets even better. 👌

  • lucasprag
    lucaspragOct 31, 2019

    Hey @ben , could you change the way links look so we know when there is a link in the middle of the text please?

    can't tell the difference between links and text

  • qais lam
    qais lamApr 25, 2025

    It’s sleek and perfect for getting into that Hacker Typer vibe. The design is clean, and that actually useful feature is a great touch.

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