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🦠🚪 Show your COVID19 work from home desk? 👩🏻‍💻🪑

Sarthak Sharma on March 22, 2020

How's your COVID19 work from home desk setup looks like? Mine is here: // Detect dark theme var iframe = document.getElementById('tweet-12...
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Jim Medlock

You can't have too many plants.
My WFH setup:

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Lars Richter

That's a nice setup. +1 for plants.

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Madza

is it a safari or something? xdd

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Jim Medlock

With my cat and dog it's like my own zoo! :)

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Jorge Soares

Wow, Your workspace is very beautiful !!

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Utkarsh Talwar

Love the setup, Jim!

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Sarthak Sharma

🤩 Plants

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Robin Kretzschmar

Great idea sitting on the ball, I have a standing desk and change frequently from sitting on the chair to sitting on a gymnastic ball to standing (on a balance board).

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Robin Kretzschmar

Thanks guys 😊 I put a led strip at the bottom of my desk so I can switch colors according to the mood 😏

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Robin Kretzschmar

This is the magic behind it: cable clips
cable clip

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Utkarsh Talwar

Nobody: ...

Robin:

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Robin Kretzschmar

😎 😝 👍 awesome

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Sarthak Sharma

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Sarthak Sharma

This looks awesome Robin 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Jim Medlock

Love your setup! I have to get a better monitor!

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Lars Richter

Nice screen. Big enough for a "single-screen setup".
The lighting is pretty cool as well.

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Waylon Walker

Sick lighting

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Robin Kretzschmar
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Madza

not enough plants xdd

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Jase

I have been enjoying working from home more then the office.

isolation workspace

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Jim Medlock

What a great setup! Does the vertical monitor arrangement cause any neck or back discomfort?

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Jase

Thank you and no I have not found it to so far. It took some time though to get it all the right height and angling.

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Mpho Mphego

I love that monitor setup.

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Aleodor

Haaa, love this setup! Looks super comfortable ⭐

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Sarthak Sharma

😮 wow

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Lars Richter

The monitor setup is sweet.

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Robin Kretzschmar • Edited

I like the way you arranged the two monitors :)

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Madza

why wont you put one vertical?

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Jase

I thought about it and my setup at the office I work at has one of my monitors vertical. However I found that I did not use that one as much as the main screen. Aside from the fact the stand does not allow me to, I am finding I am leveraging my screen real estate in this configuration the most.

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Madza

fair enough.

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Vicente G. Reyes

Here's mine

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Robin Kretzschmar

Great placement of the stickers 😎

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Ben Sinclair

v. subtle.

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Vicente G. Reyes

I really suck at placing stickers hahaha

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Sarthak Sharma

That's the only thing standing out dude !! It's looks great.

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Sarthak Sharma

Woahhhhhh !!

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Christian Melgarejo

I guess you kind of like DEV.to

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Kevin Sullivan • Edited

Any ideas on a outdoor power supply with a solar panel? My battery doesn't last very long...
being cooped up isnt so bad

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Nir Lanka ニル

This is beyond beautiful!! :o

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Sarthak Sharma

THE VIEW 🤯

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Ben Duncan

Next to the window, always with my pen and paper, some water nearby, usually some coffee or tea, and resting on my DIY laptop stand.

I really want to add some cable organization and better headphones.

DIY Desk

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Nans Dumortier

You don't use a mouse ? :o

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Ben Duncan

Good spotting! I don't use a mouse much. Most of my work is UI development, so I use one to test mouse interactions. Otherwise I mostly use keyboard commands thanks to vscode+vim, vimium, spectacle, alfred, dash docs, and a shortcut to the OSX menu search.

I do play some video games though, so for that I take it off the stand ;)

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Nans Dumortier

This is really neat !
I tried vscode+vim but I felt like I couldn't "express myself" easily with it. I guess I should train more !

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Ben Duncan

It took me a while, but now I miss it - I even tried to use vim commands inside this text input!

I started out with VIM Adventures and just using HJKL to move around, but I would put a sticky note on my monitor each week with new useful commands to learn. I'm still learning!

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Sarthak Sharma

Looks good !!!

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Davide 'CoderDave' Benvegnù

Here you have mine

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Full description here: dev.to/n3wt0n/my-home-office-revea...

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Jim Medlock

Everything is within arms reach. Very productive setup.

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Davide 'CoderDave' Benvegnù

Thanks. It’s the result of many tries over the years 😁

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Utkarsh Talwar

😻😻😻

My favorite thing in the room is that sweet Stormtrooper helmet!

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core_2_duo

Great multi-tasking setup ☕

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Davide 'CoderDave' Benvegnù

Thanks :)

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Sarthak Sharma

Wow, So many screens 👌🏻👌🏻

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Davide 'CoderDave' Benvegnù

Multitasking FTW 😎

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Sarthak Sharma

😅😂

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Jorge Soares • Edited

Meu cantinho, porém ainda falta vida, quero colocar plantas pra ficar uma coisa mais "natura"

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Jim Medlock

Nice! I'm a big believer in multiple monitors

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Jorge Soares

Me too rs
I multiplied my productivity

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Jase

Nice, I love the vértice monitor to your right.

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Jorge Soares

Thanks man, I used an old monitor as a vertical one mainly to use the terminal and see the chats

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Jase

For my not at home setup in the office I have the same type of setup attached to a macbook pro. I do like having the vertical space!

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Sandor Farkas

This is my workplace at home
My desktop

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Sarthak Sharma

Loved that elephant there 😅😂

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Sandor Farkas

It's Benjamin Blümchen. A hero for most of the German kids. :)
I don't know if he is famous outside of Germany as well. :D

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Mohammed Asker

Hey, I recognized that show! I don't know if this qualifies as popular but it used to air on many channels in the Middle East countries.

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Rafal Pienkowski

And this is mine.

mine

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Sarthak Sharma

You know what will be more interesting here, the view that you get when you sit on that chair. Can you share that as well? 🤞🏻

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Rafal Pienkowski

Unfortunately, this is not possible :(

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Sarthak Sharma

Damn !!

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Nir Lanka ニル

Privacy concerns, I guess :) That's understandable. Seems like a cool place.

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Ibrahim Folarin

How do you cope with distractions?..... Nice and simple set up tho

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Lars Richter

I like having plants on your desk.

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Yury • Edited

I moved in last month and was looking to get a desk by the end of this month but I'm not sure if IKEA is still open. Oh well, who needs a desk anyway

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Nir Lanka ニル

Haha cool! I'm worried about your back though. Had issues with this setup in my student years :D

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Yury

Yeah it's definitely not healthy so I take breaks more often and when I need to work for extended periods of time I take the laptop to the kitchen where I do have a table. But first few days showed me that working from the kitchen makes me eat more so I decided to move to the couch

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Sarthak Sharma

😅 Nice !!

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Ben Sinclair

Here you go.

Desk with two monitors in the corner of a room

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Sarthak Sharma

Woahhhh!!!

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Utkarsh Talwar

That globe and those wall clocks are really adding to the vibe haha

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Allan MacGregor 🇨🇦

Here is mine:

Workstation

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Rafael Acioly

magento devs are rich (just kidding)

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Rémi Lavedrine

That is definitely a streaming studio.
Love the colors. :-)

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Sarthak Sharma

Screeeennsssss 😮

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Jase

Amazing setup!

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Daniel Schulz

I can't concentrate on my personal desk, so this will have to do for now. Might upgrade soon though

A folding table and a rocking chair

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Sarthak Sharma

I loved that chair.

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Lars Richter

That's a minimalistic desk setup.
But what a cool chair.

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Duane Chetcuti

That seems like a heavy chair!

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Lars Richter

my setup
My setup. Enough screen space and a mechanical keyboard. That's all I need.
Also sunlight is nice. 😃

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Robin Kretzschmar

Love the bottles at the right! What kind is this? 24bottles?

And the leather chair looks nice 😏

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Lars Richter

The bottles great. They are from Chilly's chillysbottles.com/

Yes, the chair looks nice. But could be more comfortable, to be honest.

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Sarthak Sharma

This looks sooooo good !!

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Lars Richter

Thanks. I like yours as well. The yoga ball is great for your back. I should get one.

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Duane Chetcuti

I have that exact black chillys bottle.

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Jared

Is this how you remote?

couch

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Sarthak Sharma

😂😂😂

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Waylon Walker

Filled with all the junk my kids hand me throughout the day, and stacks of their paper for e learning.

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Jim Medlock

What matters most is how productive your setup is for you. And yes, I cleaned up my desk before I posted the photo :)

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Waylon Walker

Because let's be realistic most eberyone else cleaned up their desk prior to posting.

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Aleodor • Edited

Literally stole a hallway to fix up my WFH office but I love having tons of light :)) I need one of those gym balls to keep my back in check though, great idea :D .

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Sarthak Sharma

Thanks but that chair also looks classy. 😅

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Bhavani Ravi

Like always simple neat and clutter free 👍

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Sarthak Sharma

Minimalism 👌🏻👌🏻

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Balthazar Rouberol

At the end of the day, I put everything on the side, I fold the table, and voila.

desk

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Sarthak Sharma

A modular table perfect. 💙

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Federico Zivolo • Edited

Here's mine

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Sarthak Sharma

The lamp 💙

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Dragoljub Bogićević

Too much beer next to my laptop :)

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Sarthak Sharma

😅😅😂

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Justatee

My workplace at home!!

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Sarthak Sharma

Looks Neat !!

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Nick Macioce

Hackintosh?

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Justatee

Nope bro. I have 15 inch MBP behind 27 inch monitor (U2720Q). That PC is for gaming only!

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Matthew Alicea

I run a hidden clamshell mbp + gaming pc setup too 😎

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Mehdi Mousavi • Edited

Mine:
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Sarthak Sharma

POST IT NOTES !!! 🤘

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Krzysztof Buczynski

My small setup desktop and laptop

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Sarthak Sharma

Awesome!!

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Sherri Booher • Edited

Don't laugh at my books! They're old and required for my day job. :)

Sherri's Desk

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Jeff

What monitor is that?

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Saugat Rai

Here's mine. Basic setup
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Sarthak Sharma

Looks amazing !!

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Chidiebere Ogujeiofor

Water has no enemies

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Beskha

Working via remote with the help of my personal rig :)
my small desk

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Jacko

Nice! Is that a be quiet! case you got there? 🌝

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Beskha

Yes it is. A PureBase600 from 2016 if I'm not mistaken :)

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Jacko

Sweet. I’ve heard that be quiet! is a good brand.

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Sarthak Sharma

Neat !!

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Rémi Lavedrine

Are you streaming development session by any means ? (as I can see the camera and the mic).
Or are you streaming gaming ? (which is popular).

Love the setting by the way.
I would love to stream some development session with people or security advocacy for developers.

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Shubhojyoti

Here’s mine. There is another MacBook Pro at the bottom of the table and a Linux server. I switch between the 3 using a KVM.

Shubhojyoti Home Office

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David Mendoza (He/Him)

Desk
Kind of crowded but when I'm coding I just have the water bottle and the pc, you always need a water bottle <3 hahaha.

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Sarthak Sharma

Water is must !!!

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David Paul McQuiggin • Edited

I have a bit of a TIE Fighter thing going on...

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Jase

The link is broken.

I have the same concept the Fn + 1 - 4 toggle various layers. However I have been working on remapping the caps lock as the Mode_switch modifier so that I can use that key as a Caps + key modifier. Example Caps + Ctrl/Menu/Alt are my Left/Down/Right respectively. The issue I am having is making that mapping permanent. Something keeps resetting it — Ubuntu 19.10

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scottheydorn • Edited

Kind of a mess but with everyone at home I'm relegated to repurposing my extremely small 'workshop' in the garage; probably need to take some tips from here and up my Covid game :)
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David Pereira

This is usually my standing desk (no electric engines, just that hand crank)
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But with my girlfriend and I working from home this is our setup :)
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Sarthak Sharma

WOW

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Nico S___

Standup desk. Sharing the room with my daughter, so occasionally noisy

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Sarthak Sharma

Noisy 😅😂

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Jacko

the insides of my pc This is the inside of my PC.

I use a 2013 MacBook for a laptop, and a Cyberpower PC with a custom 16GB memory chip. my pc & mac

Also using a Chromebook with some gamer stuff attached for school my gamer chromebook

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Banyú

Fixed standing desk. I mean, there is a crank to bring it slowly down but I've never used it in over a year..

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Jase

Love your keyboard! I recently just replaced mine with a 60% Keyboard. How do you manage the lack of some keys?

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K

I worked for the last two days from a couch. Now my lower back hurts, don't do that XD

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Muhammet

This is my desk:

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Sarthak Sharma

A dark bat cave !!!

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Burak Şahin

The keyboard! So nice looking! Is it also comfortable to use?

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Anth Rogan

Gotta get that fresh air while you can!
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Sarthak Sharma

❤️

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Schuyler Mortimer • Edited

Currently losing the dongle battle of being able to have charger, yubikey, and external monitor plugged in at same time 😐
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Sarthak Sharma

Neat !!

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Ben Sinclair

That angle makes it look like you work in the last act of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Simon Masschelein • Edited

Borrowed monitor at the moment but slowly getting there.

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Duane Chetcuti • Edited

I need to try that yoga ball thing! Spending way too much time here 😄

duane creates setup

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Aneeqa Khan

Thats my setup 😁

Alt my-setup

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Sarthak Sharma

Hahah Classic !!

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Madza • Edited

go must be your lang to go xdd

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Adhika Setya Pramudita

Just switched from work to freetime.

Got a KVM switch and a big mess of cable under the table :D

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Sarthak Sharma

NICE !!

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Orlando Ego • Edited

Mine: arch linux because I like it but I need windows for actual job.
home work set up

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Ynoa Pedro • Edited

After seeing this i realized i need some plants its awesome the life it gives.
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NehemiahLimo

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