I’m mainly curious about software developers here, or anyone else whose computer is somewhat central to their life, be it professional or hobbyist.

I only have two monitors—one directly in front of me, and another to the right of it, angled toward me. For web development, I keep my editor on the main screen, and anything auxiliary (be that a dev build, a video, StackOverflow, etc.) on the side screen.

I wouldn’t mind a third monitor, and if I had one, I’d definitely use it for log/output, since currently it’s a floating window that I shuffle around however necessary. It could be smaller than the other two, and I might even turn it vertical so I could split the screen between output and a terminal, configuring a AutoHotKey script to focus the terminal.

What about y’all?

[ cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13864053 ]

  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I “only” have a 34", but it’s enough to fit 2 windows side by side without sacrificing their layouts. It also has thunderbolt so it acts as a dock as well and I no longer need to use my thunderbolt dock. I only have one thunderbolt cable that runs between my laptop and the monitor, and it supplies power, usb connectivity (for my webcam), and even audio connectivity (headphone port).