My Work Setup

Look at how many screens I've got!

This post will be contain a lot of pictures of my current workstation at Autopilot. Everyone gets their own workstation (no hot desking thank god!) and can make it their own.

Hardware

Laptop

Apple Macbook Pro 15-inch Mid-2019 with Touchbar

  • Intel Core i9 Processor
  • 32GB RAM
  • 256GB SSD
  • Geek Bench Score: 5330 Single Core & 26412 Multi-core

about this mac

Monitors

everything

Using all four ports of my Macbook, I've got five monitors:

  • Samsung SE790C Ultrawide in the middle
  • Dell U2715H in Landscape
  • Two Dell U2715H in Portrait
  • The Macbook's screen

Mouse

g603

The Logitech G603. Comfortable. Back & forward buttons. Bluetooth. 18 month battery.

My mouse pad is also a large soft red Artisan HIEN.

Keyboard

keyboard

A Kogan Cherry MX Brown keeb. It's cheap ($40 AUD) and does the job. I'm so embarrassed by the brand I put some tape over it. They no longer sell this anymore.

Dongles

adapter

Satechi Type-C Multi-Port Adapter 4K with Ethernet. It's the only one I've found not to flicker the screens.

Headphones

headphones

Bose QC35s (Gen 1) noise cancelling headphones. Perfect for working in a noisy office.

Wireless Charger

wireless charger

Blitzwolf BW-FWC2. The only one I could find with a USB Type-C port.

Backup Drive

seagate hdd

Seagate 3TB Expansion Portable used exclusively for Time Machine backups.

Router

router

An ASUS ROG RT-AC5300 I found lying in the server closest.

Desk

Sit/Stand Desk

standing desk

Every desk at the office is a sit/stand desk and has four programmable heights.

Standing Mat

standing mat shoes

Showing off my office Crocs on the Ergodriven Topo Mini, a non-flat standing mat.

Software

touchbar

  • Terminal - iTerm 2
  • Text Editor / IDE - Atom
  • Diff Tool - Beyond Compare
  • File Transfer Client - Transmit
  • Macbook Touchbar - BetterTouchTool
  • Window Management - Hyperdock, BetterSnapTool and Moom
  • File Archiver - Keka and BetterZip
  • Firewall - Little Snitch
  • Database Client - Navicat
  • Clipboard Manager - Paste
  • Screenshots - SnagIt
  • Screen Recorder - Camtasia
  • Video Player - IINA
  • App Cleaner - iTrash
  • Cloud File Manager - Mountain Duck
  • Calculator - Numi
  • Source Control - Sourcetree
  • Virtualisation - VMware Fusion
  • OpenVPN - Viscosity
  • VNC Viewer - RealVNC Viewer
  • API/HTTP Client - Insomnia

Other

Water Bottle

water bottle

A 1L Pocari Sweat water bottle I bought while in Japan.

Calendar

calendar

TWICE's The Roses Season's Greeting calendar that I bought separately.

Elbow Pad

elbow pad

It's suppose to be a wrist rest but I put under my mousing elbow.

Fidgets and Toys

fidgets