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caveat - multiple monitors are NOT ergonomic.

You really want one monitor, properly positioned forward of you. You should have a keyboard at the appropriate height with a wrist rest to support and angle your wrists (also make it warm - not cold plastic or metal). Your seating should allow you to sit up or slightly reclined. Your head should be balanced on top of your neck, you shouldn't be hunched or twisted.

laptops - well, let's just say NO laptop is osha approved.



This is assuming you're sitting in the exact same position all day long. With a laptop you don't have to assume that.


> With a laptop you don't have to assume that.

bed, right?

If you are coding in bed, well... I just don't know the ergonomics of that situation. I don't know if this requires further study or a prompt curtailment of that line of thought.


It's great. The key is to get one of those bendy-leg laptop stands. That solves all the ergonomic angle problems, keeps it from getting hot on the bed, and lets you use it a little table.




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