Cole Blankenship
No-code Web Developer and Author of the Basic Web Guy newsletter
About
Cole Blankenship is a no-code web developer and author of the Basic Web Guy newsletter, a column about online culture, misinformation, and the impact of the web on human society.
Note: This was Cole’s setup in 2023. He was more recently featured in edition #490 of this newsletter with a (somehow) more minimalist setup to kick off 2025.
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Gear
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Only 4% of the desks we’ve published have Cole’s Herman Miller Sayl.
Ranked across all 516 setups that list their gear.
Interview
3 questions› What is the most useful item in your workspace?
My monitor light bar has drastically changed my setup. It keeps my desk perfectly lit, while staying out of the way. It’s such a small thing, but it makes a big difference.
› How do you spark creativity?
I am often influenced by the work of others, which helps spark ideas. There are so many people sharing their work on social media these days and that has been a major inspiration for my creativity.
› What's the first thing you do when you sit down to work for the day?
With coffee close by, I start work on the biggest project of the day. I’m less desctracted during my first few hours of work, so I’m able to focus more on what’s most important.
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