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I've noticed that BI's articles are full of typos. Not sure if they just rush things out or what, but some of them are so obvious if anyone did a round of proof reading they would've spotted it.
Proof reading doesn’t drive clicks.
You can buy a Herman Miller refurb on Amazon for $500. It's a great deal. You also need a second monitor, mechanical keyboard, webcam, headset. $1k is plenty for all of that
Sadly the monitors I have at work are 1k each =(
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For me a nice monitor is a must. I cannot be productive on a laptop for more than an hour or two. It all feels so constricting.
You can get some real nice monitors for $30 from the thrift store. I'm looking at one on my desk right now :-)
And have a second hand 1920x1080 22” either side of those.
Total 4 displays for under AU$1000
I highly recommend it.
PSA: Used office chairs are a much better deal than new, at least if you are paying close to list price. About 10 years ago I bought a steelcase leap for less than $300. I've used it at least 250 days a year since then with no problems. List price on that chair is $1k.
I used it all day and I'm amazed I spent years in an $80 Amazon chair.
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Same, I bought a herman miller chair new about 6 years ago, there is no used chair that I could find in India. But even when bought new, something that gets used so much everyday is worth the price.
+1 for this. I bought my Herman Miller Aeron new almost 20 years ago now and I still love it & use it every day. Immediately fixed some (very mild) back trouble I was having. It probably won't fit the Shopify budget, it's super expensive. But having the same chair used in recording studios and is officially a work of art in the Museum of Modern Art [1] still makes me smile every day I go to sit down to work. [1] http…
But I'd spent £300 on a chair before it that didn't last three months, wasn't as adjustable or comfortable, I couldn't get a refund on and for which there are no spares on eBay. 10 years in it's looking like a great buy.
I have worked from home for nearly a decade. I guess I don’t know what I’m missing but I don’t need 1k chair. I sit at my dinning room table on a 50 dollar chair from Ashley Furniture. No problems at all. True I don’t have a desktop and use a laptop so I can take it with me to onsite meetings or move to another location like my patio, couch, or garage. I’m not sure what I’d spend 1k on besides the machine I use to ge…
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Sadly the monitors I have at work are 1k each =(
Why are you wasting money? You can get 5 27" monitors for the price of one of those and 3 or 4 43" 4ks for the price of both.
But hey, I see 80 col Vim developers, too, so everyone’s needs are different.
I realized that Shopify has a bigger market cap than Uber and has grown like wildfire in the last few years. Looks like a great company with a good culture and a great product.
As a developer on the blunt end of their theme development I have questions. That said, they solve some difficult problems and no one else comes close at the moment.