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Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by neilv »

I keep going back to a laptop with a large high-res screen, so I can use it from wherever is comfortable.

I also have a "lectern" laptop-sized standing desk on casters, which I use for every WFH meeting, and can roll around to whatever view/lighting/backdrop/noise I want.

I sometimes miss having a desktop large landscape/portrait monitor with lots of info I can refer to spatially, with my laptop in a dock to the side for comms/dashboard monitoring. I should set up a larger desk for that again.

But a comfortable tiling window manager mitigates not having huge monitors (e.g., instantly bringing info I need into view, and managing lots of info on a small screen, without fiddling with the window management). Xmonad is still better for this for me, even though I've spent a couple years trying to get an i3wm config/practices that work as well.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by intelVISA »

qzw wrote: post #29
bengale wrote: post #26

I find when I start worrying about what my desk looks like that I’m just procrastinating. I have noticed no correlation between my desk being messy or stylish with actual focus and productivity.

Yeah, I remember seeing a picture of Einstein sitting at his rather messy desk years ago. Haven’t tidied up my desk since.

My desk used to be covered in notes and whatnot but honestly it was a pain to find the 1% of useful info buried in the detritus. I cleared it and now keep my desk 100% empty and use a notebook instead... not sure if it's better but I can defo keep it free from dust more easily.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by ctf1er »

mosen wrote: post #25
ctf1er wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Desk? My workspace is a bed, with a 50in tv for a monitor at the foot and two big monitors stacked to the side. Has anyone else gone the completely lazy route? I can work or game longer and in complete comfort, but also swivel them if I ever wanted to sit. A fourth monitor is at my desk collecting dust. This type of setup requires you to be celibate and living on the fringes of society. But I type this wrapped in a b…

This sounds great. Do you just put your keyboard on your lap? I try a similar setup but always end up with a sore neck (I use a laptop though, not a TV, which would be higher up).

Yeah, bt keyboard on my lap and I've raised the tv to a suitable position. Right now I'm laying flat with my back at like 45 degrees and keyboard over crotch area. Once I started connecting my laptop to the tv there was no going back, decided I'd usually rather watch media on a smaller screen and use the tv for mainly computing. Now I have a new desktop that can support it all and also run a usb extension and hub to my side. Most OS's are pretty good with different scaling/accessibility options these days.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by runnerup »

How can I submit my own workstation? It's very messy but its mine :) Walking/standing/sitting desk with enormous $10,000 PC, the L-shaped desk had two matching white IKEA tabletops until one was damaged by the pressure of the multi-monitor clamps so now one tabletop is a brown MDF sheet that I got from Home Depot for $40. The walking treadmill I ripped out of a surplus deask/treadmill unit so the control panel doesn't have a complete enclosure, the circuit board is exposed --only low voltage though, gets power over a long serial cable.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by rufus_foreman »

MDWolinski wrote: post #7

I don’t know…someone needs to do Real Tech Workstations of Orange County or something because all of these setups seem very clean and perfect. My desk is a mess which I’ll clean up when I have a moment or something like that.

I know what you mean but these setups are complete messes compared to the ones at https://www.workspaces.xyz/ that someone else mentioned below (typical example: https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/177-carl-barenbrug).

I mean in most of these you can even see cables!

Although workspaces seems to be designer heavy so maybe that explains it.

I get what you are saying though. It would be fun to see if they look this clean when they don't know a photographer is coming over or if you and I are just slobs.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by ghostpepper »

noir_lord wrote: post #27
MDWolinski wrote: post #7

I don’t know…someone needs to do Real Tech Workstations of Orange County or something because all of these setups seem very clean and perfect. My desk is a mess which I’ll clean up when I have a moment or something like that.

Mine is clean and perfect at the start of the day, then it gets destroyed over a day or two then I clean up and and clean it and start over. It's a good way to work tbh, resetting the environment is an effective way of getting into a productive headspace easily.

I do the same thing only I clean it up and re-route all the cables every 3-6 months

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by xwdv »

ctf1er wrote: post #24
xwdv wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least you have a desk. My workstation these days is just a laptop set on whatever surface I happen to find.

Desk? My workspace is a bed, with a 50in tv for a monitor at the foot and two big monitors stacked to the side. Has anyone else gone the completely lazy route? I can work or game longer and in complete comfort, but also swivel them if I ever wanted to sit. A fourth monitor is at my desk collecting dust. This type of setup requires you to be celibate and living on the fringes of society. But I type this wrapped in a b…

I recommend a split keyboard, so you can put one on each side and have your hands rest naturally.

I always wanted to try this setup, laying down in bed looking straight up at a projection on the ceiling, hands at my sides on split keyboard halves, laying very still, conserving energy.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by [deleted] »

citboin wrote: post #28
justinlloyd wrote: post #23

These desks are very nice, but they are not for me. I don't so much have a computer, as the computer has me, I just happen to occupy the same room as the computer at times. Once, my workstation sat in a different room from me, but I have since put it inside a custom built arcade cabinet that sits on the other side of the room from where I sit. I have a long desk, with many monitors of varying sizes and orientations e…

Photos, please.

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Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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Post by JonChesterfield »

blacksmithgu wrote: post #39

I expected more multi-monitor setups. I feel half as productive with only one screen - how do people do it?

Basically swap what program is in the foreground on one screen at the same point you'd otherwise look at a different screen. Alt tab or whatever the keyboard shortcut is to see the docs, then again to go back to the editor.

It's slower and it's worse, but I write a fair amount of code on a laptop in hotel rooms and it works well enough. Most annoying things are probably the loss of scrolling test output on the second screen and difficulty doing multiway diff compares.

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