Ask HN: What's your favorite monitor for dev work?

by whitepoplar on 11/29/2016, 12:01 AM with 2 comments

I use a 2016 13" MacBook Pro and I've been looking at the 21.5" 4k LG and 27" 5k LG Ultrafine displays that Apple sells, along with a Dell 27" Ultrasharp U2715H. I'm unsure what screen size/resolution would be best for dev work, as I've never used anything apart from laptop screens until now. What displays do y'all use?

  • by chrisbennet on 11/29/2016, 1:56 AM

    I use a 27" apple Thunderbolt monitor for graphics or the application and a 34" curved Samsung wide screen (3440x1440) for my IDE. The 34" is perfect for displaying 2 code pages side by side or a GUI and the source for it.

  • by iamdave on 11/29/2016, 12:18 AM

    DevOps Engineer, I have two 27" Cinema displays.

    Is it a bit much? Probably. Do I need it? Absolutely not.

    Nobody was using the second monitor and my team lead didn't care.

    So here I am. 17" MBP, and 2 27" displays.

    It's glorious and excessive. But mostly glorious.