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Workspace Wednesday: Show off your desk/computer setup!

Let’s share pics of everybody’s setups.

Feel free to add details about your hardware etc.

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski • Edited

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Brian Lampe

Your user name throws me off every time I see it.

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

And my real last name is not even lampe :D

Didn't know that this can be a real last name ;)

Lampe is actually the German word for lamp/light.

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Brian Lampe

It's also the surname of some Germans from Westphalia that moved to the US in the late 1800s.

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Oh 👌 okay

Didn't knew that too

You always learn.

I lived in north Germany

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Liyas Thomas

Which keyboard?

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Redragon K561RGB

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Don Alfons Nisnoni

Wow... that is absolutely nice! love this view! One question, how much does it cost?

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Mykal

I love the little yoshi's!

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

Only the little yoshi? 😂 No love for the big one 🤣

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Mykal • Edited

I meant both! 😂
I figured they were both little considering Yoshi is a Dinosaur but touché 😂 should have clarified

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Michael "lampe" Lazarski

One of them is easy bigger then the other in size 😂👍😉

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Stephen Belovarich • Edited

My workspace is a work in progress for sure, but I like it! This is the desk I use working 100% remote.

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Ben Halpern

Looks cosy, love that rocket 🙂

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Stephen Belovarich

TY, that was the Endeavor Award I won years ago at Team One. My coworkers 3D printed it!

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Stephen Belovarich • Edited

This workspace is about to get a HUGE upgrade.

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Stephen Belovarich • Edited

The transformation is complete. 2019 2.3 GHz 8-core Core i9 MacBook Pro w/ 32GB of RAM and eGPU w/ 8GB RX580. 2 1080p monitors, 1 iPad mini monitor, 2X 4TB external hard drives to backup w/ redundancy, Magic Keyboard 2, Magic Trackpad 2, coffee cup coaster, wireless charger, pair of Sony headphones.

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Peter

Do find getting the eGPU is worth it? I have the same MacBook Pro, but I didn't change out the GPU so just the Radeon 560x. I recently got the 4k LG and had a Lenovo usb-c monitor, however I have noticed when plugged into the external displays my build times have increased dramatically.

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BorisTechnotronics

seems to be really comfortable!

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Aaron Powell • Edited

I may or may not have an addiction to Surface devices...

My surface covered in surfaces

For the record I have:

  • Surface Pro 1
  • Surface RT 2
  • 2x Surface 3 (not pictured)
  • 2x Surface 4 Pro
  • Surface Book 2
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David Long

That wallpaper is really cool! Where might I acquire a copy?

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Aaron Powell

It's a cropped version of the image from popchart.co/products/the-chart-of-...

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Karthikeyan Dhanapal

+1 for the wallpaper 🥰

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Jennifer Davis

do you use the surface keyboard or is there a keyboard hiding somewhere? Are both surface's connected to the screen or?

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Aaron Powell

I use the keyboard on the laptop (so the Book2 keyboard or the TypeCover on my Pro4's). Having had laptops exclusively for a decade and working in consulting I would always be mobile so I grew use to working just off my laptop rather than relying on anything external. I do have a MS Natural Keyboard off screen but I don't have an external mouse so I only use it to control my Pi (which is under the monitor).

When I took that photo I only had the Pro4 in the middle hooked up to the screen, the Book2 wasn't, and I tend to keep it that way (I can't multi-task that effectively 🤣).

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James Eastham

Debating picking up one of the new surfaces when they release. How you find the smaller screen for coding? Or do you always have the monitor wired up?

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Aaron Powell

It's worked well for me, I've used Pro1 and Pro4 as primary dev devices. I like to be mobile, so the form factor works well for portability, but for anything really intense, I will have an external screen or two (home office I have 1 screen, city office I have 2).

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James Eastham

Interesting! I'm pretty mobile as well, and tend to only use a single monitor when working at my own desk so think that would work well.

Cheers for the reply :-)

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Aaron Powell

If you get a Pro then it'll take a bit to get use to using it on a lap, since there isn't much "bottom" to it. I know a lot of people hate trying to use it on a lap, but I never found issues with it (I'd use it on flights, trains, in a car and on the couch), but I am over 6' so I have longer legs than average to support it. 😜

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James Eastham

Yeah, that's a good point actually. I do tend to spend a bit of time sitting on the sofa, but I assume you could just buy a solid mat of some kind to sit on your lap.

So tempted by the pro 7!!! :)

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Jaaki

My Home office,
It's late on Wednesday and dark out, but I grabbed a couple of lights.

Code and sound

HomeOffice

and this is the App I use for design and graphics

Design

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Jennifer Davis

THIS IS AWESOME. I'm so excited. This is the first time I've seen someone have a writing area! I'm always curious whether noone has a special dedicated space for this!!

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Jaaki

I know right!
Computer screens block creativity, especially when I'm writing lyrics, so that's why I like to have an "analog space".

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Ben Halpern

Nice little desk in the second pic!

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Ben Halpern

My home office setup

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Jason Ormes
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CuteKîd R2bees

That's not messy . It looks so nice .

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

Nice, like how the monitor is at a higher level than the tabletop by design. 👌

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Jen

This is interesting! @skryking are you quite tall, or lean back at your desk?

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Jason Ormes

I tend to lean back a bit, I'm about 5' 9" so not overly tall. I find having the big screen on top forces me to move my neck more which helps prevent neck stiffness and pain.

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Jaaki

One of the cleaner setups I've seen.

How are you finding working on a big screen vs say a dual setup?

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Ben Halpern

I’m definitely liking it.

Simpler to manage than multiple monitors and more overall software-driven flexibility. I can continue to make better and better use of my window manager.

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Ben Halpern

I do need a bigger desk so I can back up a bit. It’s currently a little too close to my face.

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Jaaki

Yes, that's what I was thinking.
With my 22" dualies, when I want one to sit vertically I have to prop it with some wine boxes :D

Haha, yeah, that screen is the same size as the table it seems!
It looks like you can get a narrower field of view with a setup like that. I find myself leaning over to sides sometimes just to see the outer edges of my screens.

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Xing Wang

do you mostly work from home?

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Ben Halpern

Yup

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Molly Struve (she/her)

My setup is pretty basic, standing desk with a 30in monitor. My husband on the other hand is a little more excessive... 🤦‍♀️

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Chaance T. Graves

That is what I call a mission control setup lol

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Ben Halpern

😱

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Scott Simontis



PowerEdge R720 running Proxmox, 2x Xeon E-5360 6-core CPUs @ 2.9GHz, 64 GB RAM, and 4x300GB SAS disks in a RAID10


Just built this guy yesterday. Ryzen7 2799X 8-core 3.7GHz CPU, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, 2 Samsung 970 Pro 512GB NVMe drives, and Radeon RX570

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Dmitry Yakimenko

Unfortunately, these are not all the Legos we have in the house. It's not a long term solution, but works for now =)

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Tech Warrior • Edited

Mine is more Messy :-D While Working on my Sports Blog.
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E Cognito

This is my sit/stand desk in standing position.

Desk

Here's by blog entry on building it

You may also find my presence sensor of interest. A little bit of desk automation.

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James Eastham

Loving the presence sensor! And the fact your cat sets it off :-)

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Desi

mine hasn't changed too much from this setup, except with a few empty cans of la croix and kleenex 😂:
image of desk with laptop stand, mounted monitor, and pens and notebooks

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