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 ]

  • @TexasDrunk
    2•7 months ago

    Same, with smaller monitors, but I also have two laptops open and use those screens as well.

    Videos, music, and anything remotely personal goes on the personal laptop over to the side. IDE on one, dashboards on another, email and messaging on the third, calendar and stories on the laptop screen.

    I could do with a lot less but I don’t have to right now.