Workstation

Every workstation at nilenso (remote or in-office) is equipped with the following by default.

• Desk and chair
• Laptop, charger and adapter
• Keyboard, wrist rest and mouse
• Monitor
• Webcam
• Headphones
• Utilities
• Miscellaneous phone chargers and cables

This is a recommended list of default equipment to setup a workstation. It should be updated when better options are available, unless someone has a strong preference to not do so. Please get in touch with our Operations Team on #operations if you'd like help buying or replacing any equipment at your workstation.

When a new employee joins, use this list of curated items for their WFH setup. Before sending it across, check if the sheet is up to date: the items are still on this page, the links are working.

Desk

• Flowlyf Flowdesk 2
• LUMI

Chair

• Featherlite Optima
• Featherlite Helix

Laptop

Don't forget to get spare chargers and adapters when buying new laptops.

• 14" M2 MacBook Pro – 512 GB
• 15.6" Dell Precision 7540 CTO Base
• Intel Core i7-9750H, 6 Core, 12M Cache, 2.60GHz up to 4.5GHz Turbo, 45W
• 15.6" FHD/UHD Non-touch, IR Cam/Mic Bezel
• 32GB, DDR4-2666MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
• Radeon Pro WX 3200 w/4GB GDDR5

Avoid laptops with ≤16GB RAM! see: https://nilenso.slack.com/archives/CMXK69FGX/p1710149490016029

Keyboard

• Keychron K2 or Keychron K8 Pro
• Cooler Master MK730

Split

• ZSA Moonlander
• Kinesis Advantage2

(Prefer brown or red switches if you're unsure what the colors mean)

Mouse

• Logitech G102 (Wired)
• Logitech G304 (Wireless)

Monitor

• LG Ultrafine Ergo 4k
• Dell U2415 Ultra Sharp FHD

Webcam

• Logitech c310 720p
• Logitech Brio 500
• Logitech c930e for wide angle (for conference rooms, not individual use)

Headphone

• Sony WH-1000XM4 or Bose Quiet Comfort 35 II Wireless for good noise cancellation. These are known to have average sounding mics. Prefer a boom mic for better audio quality.
• Beyerdynamic DT 770 for comfort (doesn't have a mic).
• Jabra Evolve with boom mic for clear speech pickup and good microphone noise isolation. The entry-level wired on-ear headset is light and easy on the head and ears. Options are also available with active noise cancellation, and bluetooth (if you really need those).

Miscellaneous

• USB Hub
• Powered USB Hub (if the monitor can't act as a hub)
• Power strip
• Laptop Holder
• 3M Gel wrist rest
• USB-C HDMI adapter for travel (of this kind)

Utilities for Mac

• iTerm: Better Terminal
• HomeBrew: Package manager
• Rectangle: Sort-of tiling window management
• Flycut: Clipboard manager
• Caffeine: Keep your mac awake
• Dash: Offline searchable programming docs
• Display menu: Display menu in your menu bar
• Zotero: Helps manage bibliography and citations, pretty helpful if you want to read/write papers
• Trailer: GitHub notifications don't have great discoverability, use this to keep a track of PRs
• MeetingBar: See your next meeting in the menu bar and join with a single click

Git support for pairing

• git-duet to coauthor git commits
• https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-commit-with-multiple-authors