White flickery pixels appearing on screen. (Brave, VScode)

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First of all, I'm not really sure where to ask these type o questions, and I've been looking around for a fix for this for many hours and I did not find anything. I am gettings some shaky-flickery white pixels in apps like VSCode or Brave, which makes the coding experience really disgusting, I will add some screenshots to the question so you can see an example. I have tried uninstalling the apps where I have this problem and I have updated my graphics card drivers. I don't really know what could be the issue here, I know it is not code related, but since it is mainly happening in apps like VScode or Brave which I use to code, I thought it would not be a really bad idea to post it here. Any suggestion is welcomed.

Screenshots of what is happening:

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This same thing is happening in VSCode.

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lazlomeli On

As explained on this question, the problem is related to hardware acceleration. Follow this easy steps and it will fix the problem instantly:

  • Open the command palette: ⇧+⌘+P on Mac, ⇧+CTRL+P on Windows/Linux.
  • Search for Preferences: Configure Runtime Arguments and click on it.
  • This will open argv.json file. Add "disable-hardware-acceleration": true to the JSON.
  • Restart VS Code. The problem should be now fixed.

NOTE: Use this settings ONLY IF you're experiencing issues.

Credit goes to @GinoMempin, and to @starball for posting the solution question.