DEV Community

Peyton McGinnis
Peyton McGinnis

Posted on

So I sat down to do some work...

...and I looked at my messy workplace, and thought:

"Man, I really need to refactor my desk."

Apparently I've been writing code for too long today.

(true story)

Latest comments (9)

Collapse
 
metalmikester profile image
Michel Renaud

hahaha! This reminds me of a chat with a friend a couple of years ago. We were discussing winter boots (we're in a snowy part of Canada with often icy sidewalks and we both walk a lot instead of driving). One option he was looking at was the same boots I had, which had some features to help prevent slipping.

A few days later I asked him if he had found something. He said, "well, I looked into the same model of boots and realized they didn't fit my use case..."

I burst out laughing.

Collapse
 
sergix profile image
Peyton McGinnis

Haha! That's awesome.

Collapse
 
madza profile image
Madza

There should only be keyboard, mouse, notes and a pen on your table.
Keep it minimal to increase your focus on actual code.

Collapse
 
eranelbaz profile image
eranelbaz • Edited

Thats way my desktop is without any shortcut on it, using UELI for quick access, and it works like a charm

Collapse
 
sergix profile image
Peyton McGinnis

My desktop is similar, but I use Taskbar Magic to completely hide my taskbar (it's the only program I've found that actually works).

And I use Keypirinha as my launcher.

Collapse
 
devmount profile image
Andreas • Edited

I once painted something on a paper sheet and drew something wrong. I watched my left hand immediately position itself to press CTRL+Z 😅

Collapse
 
sergix profile image
Peyton McGinnis

I've done that before. More commonly though I'll accidentally misspell a word while writing and think, "Why aren't the red squiggly lines showing up?"

Collapse
 
sebbdk profile image
Sebastian Vargr

Sometimes I find myself looking out the window and wondering where the heck my cursor is.

Then I realize it’s not that kind of window.

Collapse
 
madza profile image
Madza • Edited

These sounds pretty effective, tbh.