102 / Justin Duke - Engineering Manager at Stripe

Justin Duke is an Engineering Manager at Stripe. In his free time, he works on Buttondown. Buttondown is a super easy way to start and run your newsletter. He is constantly shipping new features and even offers free migration onto the platform if you’re coming from somewhere else!

Equipment:

• A Dell UltraSharp U3415W 34-inch curved monitor. The fidelity of the display isn't amazing, but the real estate has forever spoiled me: trying to do flow work on a laptop or iPad (unless it's something like writing) is impossible now
• Magic Mouse & Magic Keyboard, because I foolishly believe RSI will never happen to me
• AirPods Max, which I cannot recommend buying in good faith (they are so expensive) but I truly love
• A 2019 Mac Mini for personal use and a 2018 MacBook Pro as a work laptop
• A hoarder-like slew of Amazon Basics Notebooks and the nigh-infamous Muji Gel Black 0.38mms for writing quick notes. (I have tried using "actual" notebooks and journals and planners and inevitably I fall out of favor with them — disposability and casual scribbling is too important for me)
• The same Logitech webcam pretty much everyone has
• A pair of [clears throat] JÄRVFJÄLLET Ikea chairs. Sort of weirdly high-backed, but super comfortable.

And, of course, the most important thing to outfit a hygge workplace: a seven-month old corgi puppy. Telemachus is not the best multiplier on my productivity, truth be told, but he represents the "life" in the whole "work-life balance" thing!

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