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thesuitonym | on: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
Do I like it? No. Do I want one on my desk? Absolutely not. Do I think it's even brutalist? Not in the least.

But it's still a cool as hell project. People need to do more things just because they want to, and to hell with what anyone else thinks.

sam-bee | parent | next
It's very liberating, crafting something for yourself with no intention of selling.
Gracana | root | parent
Yes! Trying to make something that other people want is a good way to take the joy out of a project, and it dulls the uniqueness that could the result something truly special.
Fnoord | parent | next
Sums up my mother's sculptures, or my kids' drawings.

If it serves the artist, it served a purpose.

Personally, I have an aluminium laptop stand which makes the laptop dockable but which isn't portable or makes screen/keyboard usable (secure for cats though) and I have a portable, foldable, lightweight plastic one [1].

I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete. The latter material isn't nice for scratches (and every time it is put or leaves concrete is a potential mark).

So in this case, I believe a second monitor (or larger primary one) plus a vertical laptop stand would fit in the shown office.

[1] https://nexstand.eu/collections/foldable-laptop-stands

NathanielK | root | parent | next
Perhaps having a scratched up laptop matches the concrete stand.
opan | root | parent | next
>I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete. The latter material isn't nice for scratches (and every time it is put or leaves concrete is a potential mark).

You can get concrete pretty smooth. Look up what some people do with polished concrete floors. Epoxy is sometimes used on top as well. You can get it as shiny as a bowling alley, and smooth enough to slide around on in your socks.

overfeed | root | parent | next
> I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete.

How else could your laptop echo the theme of "Urban decay?"

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shiroiuma | root | parent
>I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete. The latter material isn't nice for scratches

Shouldn't the laptop have feet on the bottom to avoid this?

chairmansteve | parent
But it doesn't scale...