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Discussion on: What are you glad you no longer use?

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Matthew Orndoff

A 2nd monitor. Now I just use one monitor. I think multi-monitor setups are distractions marketed as improving productivity.

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Doaa Mahely

I only miss my second monitor whenever I want to debug something and want my app in the other screen. My laptop is 13" and just too small for all the windows I need visible to debug! Otherwise I'm very content with it.

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Paweł Kowalski

As a frontend dev, 2nd monitor isnt distraction.

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Radu-Alexandru B

I'm thinking of buying my 3rd monitor tbh. I can't just use my laptop 15" monitor... It's too much a hassle to switch between programs/tabs/video-tutorials.

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🦄N B🛡 • Edited

Much of my troubleshooting work involves comparisons, both of code changes and logs, sometimes among 2 or more time zones.

For my kind of work, multiple monitors mean that I can keep up the visual metaphor for complex problems, which simplifies them.