Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
by michaelbuckbee on Friday May 08, 2020 @04:54PM
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I use a 4k TV as a monitor - I can easily see full size my code editor, terminal output, a page of documentation and the web app/site I'm working on all at once. It cuts down tremendously on the back and forth switching and reloading of things that don't feel like they take up much time but do materially eat into things.
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Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
by redblacktree15 on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:23PM
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Or better, use 3 4K screens :-) My record of the number of source files being opened concurrently was 10 when I was trying to understand a particularly nasty spaghetti code base.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
by growlist on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:14PM
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Would you mind sharing the model? I tried using my Hisense but it wouldn't work. And I've read that TVs won't always work properly as monitors, but then obviously there's a much wider and cheaper choice of TV panels than dedicated monitors.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
by spire2985 on Friday May 08, 2020 @07:26PM
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2x of these:
Samsung
UN40KU6290FXZA
You are aiming for something that supports both 4K (3840x2160) [or greater I suppose] and a 60Hz refresh rate in that mode. On cheaper models this can be found on a HDMI2.0 input. More expensive ones might have DisplayPort as an option.
Shop around during TV season and you can find a quality model for $200/ea.