Ask HN: How do you deal with eye strain as a developer?

This is potentially not going to be the advise you want to hear. As I got older, I noticed eye strain more and more, up to the point that I also eliminated screen time after work for some time.

There are things that help - regular breaks, being in a well lit room, sitting at a healthy distance from the monitor, using redshift and lowering monitor brightness.

But ultimately, I came to the conclusion that for my eye health (and general physical health) I probably can’t be staring at screens for hours after work, when it’s already 8-9 hours of my workday.

Now after work I avoid screens entirely until about 9pm, then I have about an hour of gaming or watching TV, and then wind down with a book before bed.

I switched to this routine about 4-5 years ago, around when I turned 30. Seems to work well so far.