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Discussion on: The Complete Guide To Using One Monitor As A Programmer.

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Glenn A Miller

I use one monitor on each of my three computers. All are Dell 27". Two in landscape (PC and Mac Powerbook Pro M1), one in portrait (Mac Mini M1). I use OneDrive to network them. Most of what I do these days is either in Xcode or VS Code. It's optimal for me.

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Mahmoud Harmouch

Wait, what? So, doesn't that implies you are using three keyboards? Or a keyboard mux/demux is an actual thing? I have just googled that and found a piece of hardware called "KVM switch" for that exact purpose. Good to know that!

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Glenn A Miller

With Apple's new Universal Control, I can seamlessly use both Macs using a single mouse and keyboard. When I am programming on the PC, using a dedicated keyboard and mouse flips a switch in my brain to put me in PC mode.

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Mahmoud Harmouch

flips a switch in my brain to put me in PC mode.

That's deep...