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#desk-setup · compact mode is for the UI
A beautiful custom CSS theme will not save a laptop in your lap. Fluxer sessions run long. The desk should be an instance you can actually inhabit.
| Part | Aim | Cheap version |
|---|---|---|
| Monitor | Top of the screen at or slightly below eye line, about an arm away | Stack of books. Laptop on a box, separate keyboard |
| Keyboard & mouse | Elbows near 90°, shoulders dropped, wrists straight | Any external keyboard. Tray or a lower desk shelf |
| Chair | Feet on the floor, hips roughly as high as knees, some low-back support | A towel rolled at the lumbar. Footrest = another box |
| Standing | Screen still at eye line. Soft knees. Weight shifts. Not a military lockout | Kitchen counter for laptop-plus-keyboard. A cardboard riser |
| Audio | Headset so you are not craning toward tinny speakers | The headset you already use for Fluxer. You are ahead. |
| Eyes | 20-20-20: every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds | Look at a far wall during someone else's story |
| Light | A lamp you can dim after midnight raids | Don't sit in a cave with only the monitor. Your circadian rhythm is not a dark theme. |
Alternate. A sit-stand desk is nice. A counter and a chair is enough. The win is changing shape more than once per release cycle.
If you stand, do not freeze. Shift feet, calf raise, unweight a hip. Standing still for three hours is just a vertical chair.
If you sit, keep the pelvis from rolling into a full slouch for the whole movie. You will slouch. That is human. Reset when you notice, like you would restart a stuck client.
Laptop users
A laptop on a table makes you look down and shrug your shoulders to type. For any call longer than a snack:
This one change outperforms a lot of mobility work you will skip.
Checklist you can post in #desk-setup