Here's my desk, where I spend way too much time. Please pardon the total lack of cable management.
Probably the most obvious characteristic is the big display.
At 8K and 65 inches, the Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900D takes most of the space on my 200×50cm desk. While far from perfect, with a surface equivalent to 4×4K or 16×1080p, it's fantastic for interacting with and keeping an eye on tons of windows at once.
The sound system is a pair of Focal Alpha 80 Evo studio monitors I adore, connected to a Mackie Mix5 mixing table which has caused me a lot of troubles but does the job of mixing the audio from 2 computers at once.
There are, in fact, 3 computers in total.
Following me almost everywhere,
cat. A MacBook Pro 14” M3 Max.Mostly here and often off, running Linux and Windows 11,
dog. The “workstation” yet not involved in my job much, it provides a powerful environment for gaming, streaming, music composition, etc. It sports a 7950X3D, RTX4090, plenty of RAM and storage for my needs.Always on, headless,
rabbit. A fairly low-power Framework mainboard connected over Thunderbolt to 4×8TB of SSD storage in a ThunderBay 4 mini, and the other 2 computers when present. It acts as a NAS, media server, download box, Docker host, and more.
To control them, I wouldn't deviate from the HHKB line of products; lately a Happy Hacking Keyboard Hybrid Type-S Snow. I resisted Type-S for far too long, I love its feel. For the pointer, I alternate between a Logitech MX Master 3S and a Logitech MX Ergo.
Though my desk can be raised and lowered electrically, I rarely stand in front. My Steelcase Gesture chair is quite comfortable.
Also pictured are:
- A 200W USB-C 6-Port GaN Charger from Satechi;
- An Analogue Pocket console;
- An Xbox Elite Series 2 gamepad;
- A Pixel 8 Pro phone;
- A TWSBI Vac700R Iris fountain pen, rOtring 800 mechanical pencil, 4-color Bic pen;
- A TX660 digital voice recorder;
- A Logitech Brio 4K Pro webcam;
- A ThinkPad keyboard (for the bootloader…).
Update (2024-09-27): Added the SlimBlade Pro trackball to the setup, and documented my music composition gear there.