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B*tchwork my AI Did for Me - Part 8: Made a Program Follow My Computer's Light and Dark Mode

A simple beginner guide to the basic idea, using VS Code on my Mac as the example so you can copy the pattern in other apps too.

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Liz Elliott 🕸️
May 01, 2026
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I do not want to keep flipping app themes by hand.

Light in the day is nice.

Dark at night is nice.

Having to remember to switch things myself is not nice.

So I had my AI do the b*tchwork.

This time, the job was simple:

I had it make a program follow my computer's light and dark mode.

I used VS Code as the example.

But the bigger idea is what matters.

If an app …

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