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A minimal light-wood desk with an Apple Studio Display showing a Figma file of ChatGPT mobile screens. A MacBook Pro sits closed in a vertical stand beside a ceramic cup of colored pencils, a yellow HomePod mini, and a glowing IKEA TOKABO lamp. Two framed Susan Kare prints hang on the wall — a hand-lettered "hello." and the pixel Happy Mac — with an Artemide Tolomeo lamp arcing in from the right. Gavin Nelson Designer at OpenAI A light wood desk against a pale wall, with an Apple Studio Display raised on a wooden shelf, a cream mechanical keyboard and trackpad below it, a paper lantern glowing at the left and a framed ocean print at the right. Rachel How Video Lead at Mobbin Home office with a pine desk, Apple Studio Display, Wegner Wishbone chairs and an orange Panthella lamp in warm light Thomas Christensen Head of Product at Typefully White desk with an Apple Studio Display, white mesh office chair and a snake plant in a bright room with a gray sofa Maxime Heckel Product Engineer at Linear
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A walnut standing desk in front of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Manhattan skyline, with one Studio Display on a wooden shelf, a black Aeron chair and AirPods Max resting on the desk.

No. 553 · November 14, 2026

Brian Ruiz

Software Engineer, Indie Developer and YouTuber

New York, US

“People should be able to hear the quality of your videos even when they're not looking at the screen.”

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