It doesn’t bother my eyes, but then again my monitor isn’t very bright so the contrast doesn’t bother me.

It more or less is just better Sway with wah better documentation.

The music player is spotify-tui, available at: https:/aur.archlinux.org/spotify-tui.git

It’s basically just a terminal interface for Spotify/Spotifyd. Really useful keyboard shortcuts and usability imo. Recommend it for anyone wanting a terminal player on Arch or its derivatives.