news.ycombinator.com• Jan 4, 2026• 1 min read
People who use only their laptop screens for work – How do you do it?Full stack developer, but currently working on backend only. During COVID I tried all sorts of setups, from triple 27" monitors to one 43" monitor, but for the past couple years I've been really trying to simplify things. My current setup is a single 27" 4K monitor and using MacBook's keyboard + trackpad with the built-in display disabled, and I close the lid partway so that it doesn't block the view of the monitor. I find that with Spaces and using third party apps for app switching, I'm able to work effectively with a single monitor.Every now and then, I try the experiment of working solely on my laptop, and I'd like to try again. Though I really only work from home or the office, I like the idea of being able to work from anywhere, not being tethered to a specific location or a specific room in the house. Whenever I do research about this I face the obvious reality that laptops are not ergonomic and this can't really be done ergonomically. But then there are posts from a small minor