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Supercharge your Coding Motivation: A Complete Guide to modify VS Code looks ! πŸš€πŸ”₯

Lakshit Somani on November 10, 2023

[Note: Trust me this blog has new things you have never even heard of) Does your editor also looks like above? Bored up of your regular VS Code ...
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Jon Randy πŸŽ–οΈ

...and this supercharges productivity how?

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Lakshit Somani • Edited

A good looking editor automatically attracts minds to do more coding. I have asked many programmers in my career journey and this is what i found, that's how it supercharges your productivity

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Christophe Avonture

Same feeling, this has very few to do with productivity. OK you'll like your coding environnement but except that...

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Magnus Markling

I think it maybe supercharges the clicking on the article in listings.

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Meer

Downloading Victor Mono

rubjo.github.io/victor-mono/

Installing fonts in window.

  • Extract the zip file.

  • Find The files with .ttf

  • If you want to install all fonts in a folder.

  • Press CTRL + A

  • Right-click and click install

For Installing mactype.

mactype.net/

I felt overwhelmed to install mactype from a zip file.

In the end, very Nice/Great Article. Appreciated!

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Lakshit Somani

As I suggested, victor mono nerd font is more preferred as compared to Original Victor Mono. Also mactype is a github project, so its completely safe

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Jake Espinosa

While I don't think this supercharges productivity, I do see the value in making your text editor visually appealing and pleasant to be in. Nice article!

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Lakshit Somani

I feel like different persons may have different opinions. But imho this does not diminish the usefulness of a good looking editor. A code editor is a tool which a software engineer spends major amount of his/her time and that thing SHOULD LOOK NICE imo.

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Kudzai Murimi

l feel like people have different opinions, right?
Thanks for sharing Somani

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Keys87

Nice, I don't feel I need these things but good article! And also I like and use the light theme

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Evan Marshall

Cannot get it working for Mac...

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Khiman Louer

What the hell is this font

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Abdul Renish R

attachment mactype is having virus suspicious, others are ok..

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Lakshit Somani

No, these are false suspicions. Mactype is a github project for god's sake.

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insanepasina • Edited

It has the potential to turbocharge the engagement. with the article in various listings.

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Lakshit Somani

When I put all my passion and hard work into writing a blog, I really hope more people will join in and connect with it.