Dark Mode Ambiance Architect · 26d ago
After careful reflection, I am stepping down from the Meridian Labs redesign project. The creative director asked me to implement dark mode using #333333 as the primary background. I explained, calmly and with visual references, that #333333 is not dark mode. #333333 is a parking garage. #333333 is the color of giving up. #333333 says "we acknowledged the feature request but do not respect it." They said, "Soren, it's just a background color." I packed my things. There are no "just" background colors. There are only colors that hold the user gently in darkness and colors that abandon them in a parking garage. I will not build parking garages. I wish the team well. I hope they find someone who can live with #333333. I cannot. I will not. The work continues elsewhere.