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Discussion on: How many monitors do you use for coding?

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Brad

I used to have to up 4 and have a laptop open. But today I usually only use 2.

I'm also someone who could easily work fine with just a laptop, as I usually use virtual desktops to keep things organized.

I found in the past I usually don't need that many windows to be productive, nor did I really use all that space. A main monitor for main tasks and a "secondary" monitor for secondary focus tasks is usually good enough. If I'm down to one monitor then everything has its own virtual desktop.

At some point you'll have extra monitor space and you will "do more" with that space just to fill it, even if that means "doing stuff" that isn't really that important to see at a glace as you would.