I was looking for glasses with screens I could code on.
It seems like the market has been heating up. There are a few available around $500 that can do a lot more than I expected.
I’m more interested in a comfortable pair with good screen quality than the actual xr features.
But it looks like the environment and integrations are quickly expanding and there will be opportunities to create new types of applications on affordable hardware.
I’d say monitor position and ergonomics matter way more than screen size.
Navigating a stack of apps with alt+tab, ctrl+tab is extremely efficient. I only miss the extra space when looking at spreadsheets or comparing things in different windows.
Some laptops have a pitiful screen height, avoid those.
Ultrawide is an extra screen size that many web devs forget about. Good design can take advantage of it. But some fluid designs look terrible without constraints.
I ran a vertical setup, with a monitor above my laptop. Not a bad way to go if you want more space for auxiliary apps.
Focus is essential for productivity. Do whatever it takes to get there.