How do you protect your eyes during work.
I ask as a programmer but I think it would be beneficial for every kind of experience (color, docs, ect.).

I'm in my early-to-mid 20s, A few years ago I had a perfect eyesight, but in the last two years I've literally fu*ked it up. And now my eyes often feel tiered, I'm almost sure that I need glasses (I should go to a doctor).

So in order to raise awareness of that problem I'm starting this topic(and of course to understand what others do). I work for 8 hours a day,after work I usually code for 2-3 hours (this obviously extremely stupid and I partialy(or more) regret it).

I used to take a walk 3-4 times for about 5 minutes while at work, in order to give my eyes a little rest. but in the last ~1 year I didn't do this every day(especially in the summer) and if I do it is just once for ~10-15mins.

So again, what do you do to protect you eyesight?
Any exercises?

Do you take any breaks, and if so how often?

Do you have a diet?

What color themes do you use?
Anything else?

Get your eyes tested, it is cheap and at least you will know.

I am 48 now and have lived on computer screens since 1980s, many of those years with very long exposure to screens.

I take breaks but not always have done many long long stints days on end at the screen, depends on the task I am doing and how into it I am. I also game so many days it is a LOT of time at screen

I use dark themes (black backgrounds) where possible as I find they cause less eye strain but might just be a hangup from green screen days.

I have f.lux on most machines I use, this sets warmer colour temp at night, less harsh than the pure white/colder colour temps most people all the time.

I wear glasses and eyesight has got worse over the years but have worn glasses since childhood and most of the degradation is age related lol

That said, I know when I have stressed my eyes as I get a thumping headache, then I know its time to step away lol

Look at something at least 50m away for 30 seconds every 10 minutes.

What I usually do, since I'm on a computer all day for work too and am light sensitive, is I turn the brightness down on the screen and when I have to I remove my glasses. I'll even write out the code or general structure of the program I am writing on on paper first and look at the paper as I type to reduce the amount of time I Am looking at the screen. On top of that I increase the font some so my eyes aren't straining as hard to look at the words on the screen.

Make sure your screen isn't (too much) brighter than the surrounding environment.

Any environment where my screen can be brighter that the environment is not an environment I want to work in. I always max out my brightness and mostly work near a window/fully lit environment. Also, I like light themes. I know dark themes are way cooler, but I find light themes to be much less straining.

Would love to see some science backed stuff on this, but I'm too busy staring at my screen 12 hours a day :ph34r:.

Make sure your screen isn't (too much) brighter than the surrounding environment.

Any environment where my screen can be brighter that the environment is not an environment I want to work in. I always max out my brightness and mostly work near a window/fully lit environment. Also, I like light themes. I know dark themes are way cooler, but I find light themes to be much less straining.

Would love to see some science backed stuff on this, but I'm too busy staring at my screen 12 hours a day :ph34r:.

I've heard that if you have astigmatism light themes are beter or vica-versa. But there was a study on that topic, as far as I remember.