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Ask Orbit · by Omar Al Falasi · 2026-10-17

Is a second monitor worth it for coding?

Thinking about adding a second one. Ultrawide vs dual? What do you use?

95 sparks · 15 comments

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Mango Fern · 14 likes

Depends on your budget and timeline really

Midnight Sparrow · 6 likes

Not sure I agree but ok

Lena Müller · 11 likes

Honest answer: it varies a lot

Hugo Martin · 0 likes

Fair point

Rafael Almeida · 7 likes

Google didnt help me either so this is useful

Giulia Rossi · 8 likes

Well said

Isha Menon · 4 likes

Dont overthink it, any choice beats no choice

Maya Williams · 10 likes

lol this made me laugh

Piotr Zieliński · 3 likes

Check the wiki first, theres a good writeup

Sleepy Rider · 1 likes

Following this thread, curious what others say

Noah Campbell · 1 likes

I'd start small and iterate, worked for me

Aoi Ito · 9 likes

Ha, my wallet disagrees

João Pereira · 5 likes

Depends but yeah mostly

João Pereira · 0 likes

Had the same question last year, ended up going with the cheaper route

Minh Nguyen · 12 likes

Yeah same here