Accessibility-driven iteration
Contrast and color-blind safety were revised in response to real user reports, not assumed at authoring time. Feedback from thousands of developers exposed cases no single author would have caught.
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Project dossier
Kitty — Visual Studio Code Theme
Developer Tool / Theme
- VS Code Extension APITheme contribution points
- JSON token themesEditor, syntax scopes, UI chrome
- vscePackaging and publishing
- Semantic versioningRelease discipline
01 // What it is
A production color theme extension for Visual Studio Code, published on the Marketplace with 10,000+ downloads and a near 5-star rating. It covers editor colors, syntax token scopes, and UI chrome as one coherent system.
02 // Why it exists
It started as a personal theme and became a maintained product once other developers depended on it. That shift is the interesting part: shipping to thousands of strangers turns color choices into accessibility decisions with real consequences.
03 // Engineering notes
Owned the full lifecycle
Authoring, packaging, publishing, semantic versioning, releases, and user support — the parts of shipping software that are invisible until you are the one doing them.
04 // Stack
- VS Code Extension APITheme contribution points
- JSON token themesEditor, syntax scopes, UI chrome
- vscePackaging and publishing
- Semantic versioningRelease discipline
05 // Honest status
Honest status
Live and maintained on the VS Code Marketplace with a real, ongoing user base.