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

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I really need to see if I get a new email, sometimes are something important that I need to answer relatively quick. The same occurs most of the time with MS Teams so I need at least 2 screens when working.

Let's imagine that I work alone plus that I don't really need to have the email and a chat app visible all the time for any reason.

If I'm doing backend dev I'll eventually need to test things using postman, in the app itself, have some Git Gui or terminal, have a place to take some notes, maybe a kamban as well to organise myself.
If I'm doing frontend it's the same (maybe I can get rid of postman) plus I'll need to see the designs (Figma, Abstract, Adobe XD...) and some times I'll be in need to compare both side by side.

Alt+Tab let you switch between the current window in context and the one that was in context before so everytime you hit a different thing, alt tab will provide a different window cycle order.

Is it possible to work with a single screen? Definetely.
Is it better and/or more efficient than having two or more? Definetely not.

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