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I see nothing here that is minimalistic or different.

First of all, having a dark mode by default is not minimalistic.

Edit: wow, downvotes without any explanation. You guys must be having a lot.

Probably because you're commenting without being familiar with how your browser sending information to pages to use a dark scheme for you. A website that supports "@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark)" is not really a maximalist design these days.

It's not dark mode by default. The text color is initially undefined and the background-color transparent. If the user's device is set to prefer dark mode, color and background color are set to be white text on a dark background.

It would be good if it was possible for a reader to choose to use the opposite of their device setting but that would would less minimal (needs a UI, JavaScript, and client-side storage of the setting).

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