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Jason Long

Product Designer at PlanetScale. He was previously at GitHub where he worked on Actions.

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Jason Long's workspace

About

Jason Long is a Product Designer at PlanetScale. He was previously at GitHub where he worked on Actions.

Photos

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Gear

10 items
Computer Butcher block desktop on Uplift frame
Chair Herman Miller Embody Buy
Computer 14" MacBook Pro M1 Max
Monitor Pro Display XDR (recently purchased from Joey Banks) Buy
Webcam Opal C1 Buy
Keyboard KBDfans Tofu65 keyboard (built by Derek Briggs) Buy
Mouse Logitech MX Master 3 Buy
Speakers Audioengine A5 speakers and D1 DAC
Hub / Dock CalDigit TS3 dock Buy
Microphone Elgato Wave:3 microphone Buy

The census

Only 2% of the desks we’ve published have Jason’s Opal C1.

Ranked across all 516 setups that list their gear.

MacBook Pro 64%
Logitech MX Master 3 9%
Apple Pro Display XDR 5%
Opal C1 2%
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Software

9 apps
Craft
Visual Studio Code w/ Neovim extension
Hyper + Fig
Figma
Brave
Cron
PixelSnap
CleanShot X
Slack

Interview

3 questions

› What is your favorite item in your workspace?

When I left GitHub in 2020, I received a beautiful 3D-printed piece that reflects my 9 years of contributions while at the company. This is very special to me and is probably my favorite item on my shelves of knickknacks.

› How do you spark creativity?

I enjoy following what designers are doing at other dev tools companies, but I find that I'm most inspired when I break out of this bubble a bit. I'm fascinated by industrial design and observing how practitioners in that field work in three dimensions and have to consider things like materials and tactile feel. Minimalissimo and SearchSystem are fun to follow.

› How do you keep the work-life balance?

Work-life balance has always been important and non-negotiable to me and I've had the good fortune of working for employers that take this seriously. I find that if I work hard during normal work hours, my brain is pretty fried by 5 pm and I'm ready to get away from the computer. I also have a 6-year-old son who makes sure to let me know when it's time to play. :)

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