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+Kasia's cozy crafting den in Berlin
+
+Nov 2022
+[8][main]
+
+Hi! Tell us about who you are and what you do.[9]#
+
+Hi! I’m [10]Kasia and I’m a tech lead living in Berlin, Germany. I like
+tinkering with stuff, be it code, space and objects around me or various art
+mediums. Other than for programming, I use my work space for sewing, drawing,
+knitting and other kinds of craft.
+
+It was quite a challenge to design such a multi purpose workspace which allows
+for easy switching between different activities. While designing it, it was my
+goal to have a setup which is functional and minimizes the effort to start on
+any activity I want to do. But in the same time, I strive to create an
+esthetically pleasing, cozy space with a vintage touch and to be able to
+showcase various trinkets and art pieces that I accumulated over the years of
+travelling and visiting fleamarkets.
+
+What is your hardware setup?[11]#
+
+For work, I use Macbooks provided by the company, models vary. After hours, I
+use an old, 13in MacBook Pro, early 2015 edition which is still going strong! I
+also use an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, mostly for drawing and taking notes.
+
+[speaker]
+
+I usually keep the laptop aside, and work on an external, 27in Dell monitor. I
+got rid of the basic leg attachment and mounted it using ICY BOX monitor mount
+which is super convenient - it saves quite a lot of space on my desk. I also
+have a small, but feisty speaker - Klipsch The One in walnut finish.
+
+When it comes to ergonomics, I really like my standing desk with custom walnut
+top from Standidesk. I only use a vertical, wireless mouse - touchpads or
+traditional mouse are triggering my wrist pain. For personal use I have a mini
+wireless Apple keyboard (without numeric panel on the right) as I need to move
+it around a lot when I’m crafting. For daily work I prefer using split
+keyboard. My all time favorite is Kinesis Freestyle 2, along with padded palm
+support and tilt accessories. I love the low profile, low force keys - I find
+that both factors contribute to much less tension in my wrists and hands.
+
+I tested different ergonomic chairs, but surprisingly a game changer for me was
+a simple, rotating chair from Ikea. Hard surface encourages me to maintain a
+neutral, ergonomic position with my back straight and not to be completely
+still. One good advice I got was to make sure you can breath using your
+diaphragm fully while sitting and I found that crucial thing here was lowering
+the desk - it was too high and created the tension in my arms. Using soft,
+ergonomic chairs was often leaving me with tension in unexpected muscles, so I
+just switched.
+
+[sewing]
+
+For sewing I use two different sewing machines: for basic usage I have Juki XZL
+DX3 and for finishing I use overlock/coverlock machine Juki MO-735. Juki is a
+japanese brand that I found quite reliable, and they provide excellent
+technical drawings of all the components and configuration. Especially in case
+of overlock sewing machine, which deals with up to 5 spools of thread, having
+clear, visual instructions is crucial. The second machine is quite unique -
+less than 5 minutes of reconfiguring and it transforms into a coverlock, which
+usually is a different kind of a sewing machine. So it’s very versatile.
+
+[drawing]
+
+I also have a bunch of different art & craft supplies - I love my huge cutting
+mat and rotary cutter, inks and nibs, Polychromos colored pencils, watercolors
+and ceramic palettes. I also have a hobby Daylight LED lamp which is super
+useful for working with details.
+
+And what are the favorite items in your workspace?[12]#
+
+In general, I really appreciate that all of my passions come together here. I
+used to feel bad for having that many creative outlets - I thought it makes it
+harder for me to be a good engineer, but the truth is - it does the opposite.
+And now I embrace all sides of my craftsmanship.
+
+In the process of designing this workspace I had to ask myself - what is my
+usual process for brainstorming the design for a new feature? What do I need to
+be comfortable and focused during video meetings? What do I need to stay
+focused and inspired when I’m sketching a new illustration? How do I use the
+space best when I need to cut into 5 meters of fabric? It was super
+enlightening to give so much thoughts to how I work and try out different
+settings - I learned a ton about myself and my creative process.
+
+[objects]
+
+Aesthetically, I love my Rohrer&Klingner ink bootles, my apothecary drawer
+shelves with all the trinkets and fencing chinchillas’ art print by Paweł
+Ponichtera. I started epee fencing last year and love to have this little
+reminder in my personal space. I also love the beetle plushie holding a piece
+of cheese and a spool of thread commisioned by my husband from Little Hugsters.
+
+I like having a couple of different sources of light - fairy lights and LED
+candles, strong LED lamp for crafting and small lamps providing ambient light.
+I’m not a fan of super bright light and need a couple of dim light sources to
+be the most comfortable. The artificial white light is one of the reasons I’m
+not coming back to the office on a permanent basis!
+
+Any favourite programs/apps/tools?[13]#
+
+My current editor of choice is VSCode with Vim bindings, I quite like its pair
+programming feature (Live Share) too. And there’s so many other extensions that
+make my life easier, like tabnine.
+
+I use flux on max yellow setting all day so that my eyes don’t get tired. I
+also use the lowest brightness on my monitor - if you have sensitive eyes I
+strongly recommend doing that!
+
+On my iPad I use Procreate - great for sketchnoting and drawing. For more
+traditional text notes that I would need in digital form I use Nebo - an app
+that transforms your handwriting with Apple Pencil to digital text. It’s also
+useful for writing my German assignments as it supports a bunch of languages
+and to me it’s easier that changing keyboard settings over and over. I also
+tested Nomad - a 3D modelling app with an amazing UI, and I would love to come
+back to it and explore the topic of 3D printing more.
+
+Lat but not least - for brainstorming I really like using a physical notebook -
+the bigger the better, along with colored pencils - they are great for
+sketchnotes. I love Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils, they have
+amazing color range and feel super smooth on paper. They are expensive when you
+are getting a big set, since those are artist grade pencils, but you can buy
+single colors in art supply store - and for sketchnoting you won’t be needing
+more that 3-5 colors anyway.
+
+What are your favourite programming or scripting languages?[14]#
+
+Definitely Ruby! I like that it’s verbose and concise. On top of that I
+appreciate the Ruby community a lot - great at discussing conventions, good
+design and adopting new concepts and practices. I was inspired by so many great
+folks in the community - Sandi Metz, David H. Hansson or Eileen M. Uchitelle
+just to name a few, as well as plenty of my colleagues with whom I had a
+pleasure to work over the years.
+
+I also find it quite a remarkable entry level technology for building web apps.
+I was teaching Ruby in a couple of workshops (mostly, Rails Girls) and I love
+how convenient Ruby is in showcasing basic programming concepts as well as
+explaining how web apps work. In the same time, it really is a solid technology
+with good tooling (not just for development, but also monitoring, benchmarking
+etc.) that can be used to build great, scalable applications solving real world
+problems.
+
+Is there anything you are missing in your setup?[15]#
+
+I would like to get a camera that I can mount on top of my screen - for now, in
+order to have video calls, I need to get my laptop back in front of me.
+
+I also want to 3D print [16]this ink and nib holder. And to hang all of my art,
+prints and postcards that I’ve gathered so far, but haven’t gotten around yet.
+
+What book comes to your mind that you would like others to read?[17]#
+
+One book I can recommend to everyone working with web applications is “System
+Design Interview” by Alex Xu - it’s technically meant to help in interviews,
+but the title doesn’t give it justice. It’s such a good read - the author
+basically takes different cases of scalability problems and takes us through
+designing a system that meets the requirements and iterates on improving it. It
+is very engaging and so interesting to read - you can finish it in one weekend.
+Maybe it’s just me, because I really enjoy those kinds of system design
+challenges, but I think it is also super informative. It gives you a nice
+framework to go about scalability problems and thus it’s not that intimidating
+anymore. It’s a great basis for any further deep dives.
+
+I also enjoy reading stories a lot. One that I read and appreciated not so long
+ago would be “Revenge: Eleven dark tales” by Yoko Ogawa - it’s a book of short,
+quirky stories, which are all interconnected. I love the atmosphere that gets
+you immersed in the stories very quickly and lingers even after you read it.
+There’s a strongly bizarre feeling to it, which you may know from the works of
+Haruki Murakami - if you like it, you should enjoy those stories too!
+
+  • [18]Developer
+  • [19]Mac
+  • [20]Macbook
+  • [21]Ipad
+  • [22]Apple
+  • [23]Ergonomic
+  • [24]Kinesis
+  • [25]Artist
+  • [26]Drawing
+  • [27]Sewing
+  • [28]Ruby
+
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+[9] https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/#hi-tell-us-about-who-you-are-and-what-you-do
+[10] https://www.instagram.com/kszkszsz/
+[11] https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/#what-is-your-hardware-setup
+[12] https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/#and-what-are-the-favorite-items-in-your-workspace
+[13] https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/#any-favourite-programsappstools
+[14] https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/#what-are-your-favourite-programming-or-scripting-languages
+[15] https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/#is-there-anything-you-are-missing-in-your-setup
+[16] https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-fountain-pen-and-calligraphy-desk-organiser-125541
+[17] https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/#what-book-comes-to-your-mind-that-you-would-like-others-to-read
+[18] https://hackerstations.com/tags/developer/
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+[26] https://hackerstations.com/tags/drawing/
+[27] https://hackerstations.com/tags/sewing/
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