To those with 3+ monitors on your machine: What's your use case, and how much does it actually boost your productivity?

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I’m mainly curious about software developers here, or anyone else whose computer is somewhat central to their life, be it professional or hobbyist. I only have two monitors—one directly in front of me, and another to the right of it, angled toward me. For web development, I keep my editor on the main screen, and anything auxiliary (be that a dev build, a video, StackOverflow, etc.) on the side screen. I wouldn’t mind a third monitor, and if I had one, I’d definitely use it for log/output, since currently it’s a floating window that I shuffle around however necessary. It could be smaller than the other two, and I might even turn it vertical so I could split the screen between output and a terminal, configuring a AutoHotKey script to focus the terminal. What about y’all? [ cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13864053 [https://lemmy.world/post/13864053] ]

A little different, but I do a lot of random 3D printing related stuff on my computer including CAD. I got one of those small ultra wide monitors meant for a raspberry pi, and put it under my main monitor. I run rain meter widgets on it for time, media control, etc. I also throw videos and stuff on there for while I’m working. It’s been pretty sweet! I can use solidworks on top, and have a little video working on the bottom, and have a clock easily visible for time management.