Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
by moffkalast on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @06:01AM
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I guess I'm one of those devs that you can't think of then. Main rig for remote work at home, laptop for the occasional trip to the lab. Honestly I can't imagine using a laptop for anything too demanding, the shitty thermals make me cringe.
Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
by katbyte on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @02:49AM
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Personally I like having a laptop for on the go and a desktop that’s always in one place and use syncing to make it pretty seemless to switch between them.
Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
by d1sxeyes on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @03:08AM
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That's a good solution, but it comes with its own set of compromises. I think the argument here really is:
'... where we came in. Having to buy an external dock is such a compromise! I want to have all the ports on my laptop!'
'But if all your peripherals are connected directly, you need to connect and disconnect them every time, so you have to compromise on mobility. Isn't this...'
And different variations on this same spiral.
I wouldn't say "some". Probably 90% of developers I know require exactly this, in fact off the top of my head I can't think of any who don't. Even the permanent, full-remote, no-really-there-is-literally-no-office types want to sit in a different room sometimes or work from a coffee shop.
It's pretty rare to have a "workstation" setup that cannot be moved.