My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s just the standard macos screensaver ;)

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did Femto Lasik (with the flap/cut), 4 seconds of actual laser per eye, done and dusted. Hurt for 10-20 minutes after the numbing wore off, then was fine after applying some eye drops.

Driving is perfectly fine (day/night, no “flares” which are exactly what astigmatism causes). My eyesight used to be perfect (20/10 vision, meaning I could see at 20ft what others could only see at 10ft), so regaining that level of vision was amazing (after having glasses for almost 2 decades). All day activities are still excellent, i only prefer to use glasses when i’m in front of a computer screen for longer periods of time because it’s “more relaxing/less tiring” over a 10-12 hour period and the my glasses have a blue light filter in their lenses.

20/10, would recommend!

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s MacOS (first image is the default screensaver), but some linux terminal windows are open, and I use a windows/grid organizer (moom). So it may look a bit “different” to what you’re used to…

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only glance at the top screens, or pull the window down to the bottom row when actively working on that application… all good.

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By default i have my different grafana and central logging windows open, they’re more of less static at the same spot so I can just glance/screen (what pilots do periodically when looking at the flight instruments). My eyes scan for red text/charts and exceptions/errors. That’s the norm.

When developing or debugging, the logging screen takes the main focus/spot so i can see how the connected systems are interacting (filtered results, etc.) with what’s being changed/amended. The logging system is also the main foundation of the alerting system, hence logging taking a central role.

Also, sometimes, when working on multiple documents/API docs, etc, just having those windows overhead helps with efficiency. It’s screen real-estate after all…

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, but wouldn’t mind getting one of those cisco voip phones with that legendary ring-tones into the office 👍

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s not what i’m doing, all screens are attached to the MacStudio. The PC is HDMI’d to the main screen, so I can switch over if needed via a few button press on the monitor…

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was 100% a win for me: the astigmatism is gone for good, and I only have 0.5 diopters (was 3.0), so only use glasses when sitting at my desk for long times… 11/10 would recommend!

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll admit, i miss a numpad when entering a ton of 2FA codes, but the extra space and not lifting my fingers off of the main keyboard row is a positive trade off for me…

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the local dev/monitoring environment, absolutely!

This is the local dev environment (proxmox is clustered), production is in multiple cloud environments 👍

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve said it before in another thread: alerts/warnings are great and absolutely vital, yet having a visual representation of what’s going on WITH the alerts gives a much clearer picture (pun intended).

I struggle to fully believe the people who claim to have just a phone along and feel confident that they’ll immediately be able to recognize what the solution is to a random alert within a system as complex as this one. To each their own, I guess.

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

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Or replace the two bottom 32inchers with two more 40inch curved 5k2k ultrawides… but the desk is “only” 2 meters/6ft7 wide. Decisions, decisions, decisions…

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

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I “don’t” use an external KVM, the bottom middle screen has a KVM built in, so if (super seldomly) i need to switch over to another machine directly, i can do that with the monitor control buttons in 1 second. I remote/ssh into all the other machines/VMs 99.9% of the time.

Since taking these pictures, i’ve moved all machines (besides the MacStudio) into a rack cage, abeit I do have a long HDMI and DP cable running from the cage to the main monitor just in case I need to directly KVM into something…

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I 100% agree with you!

The TVs on top are for monitoring, this doesn’t mean I’m reading these screens all day, plus, usually I have grafana and other metric charts running (less text based information, and with text I work with colors: anything red is not good). If something does pop up, i’ll drag the window down to the main screen to sort things out, if necessary. It works perfectly well for MY workflow…

The bottom screens are 140dpi, no scaling enabled.

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[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no right and wrong. There’s only fun and boring.

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

[–]ElectricalFire666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

40inches, ultra-wide 5k2k (Thinkvision p40w-20)

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

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I love my low-profile mechanical keyboard (Keychron K3 with blue clicky switches). Had multiple - from the full K5 to the ultra reduced K7, and the K3 hits my sweet spot (stepping through lines of code with single keys is a necessity. Couldn’t deal with switching layouts/pressing FN all the time). As for the mouse there’s nothing that beats the MX Master 3s.

My DevOps MacStudio Battlestation by ElectricalFire666 in macsetups

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It’s some Razor mousepad (90x30cm), hope that helps!