@dhh: It really isn't. Embrace Peterson's simple advice: Clean your room. Then clean your computer. Don't succumb to sloppy th…

I get that not everyone wants a perfectly clean workspace, and I don't mind a little creative chaos at times, but err on the side of order. Marie Kondo had it right: "Life truly begins only after you have put your house in order".

Don’t fall for rage bait

self respect

Peterson would be proud!

Salute 🫡

there is a difference between "not spotless and shiny" or "wear and tear" (normal) and "filthy" (ew)

Yes. And this celebration of filthy is far over the line.

oh yeah absolutely

Hey @dhh rate my battlestation

You have the ingredients, but you gotta cleanup your desk of empty cans and trash. Don't live like hobo.

Okay mommy

Mommy is mercy, this is justice ⚖️

My room is clean, but my laptop is like that. Simply because, I can't shut it down. There are apps hosted on it, so I can't shut it down - and this clean it.

Don't live in a mental cage of your own making. Also, you can clean a computer without shutting it down.

Quoting Jordan Peterson sure isn't helping you beat the fashy/bigot allegations. There are many ways to justify having a clean laptop without invoking that loon.

I love Jordan Peterson's book 12 Rules for Life, which is where this comes from, and I don't really care if you think that's "fash".

Off-topic, are you still using a Samsung as your main phone?

Yes! Love Samsung phones! Alternate between an S26, S25 Edge, and a Fold 8. I know, nobody needs all these phones. But when are we constrained merely by our needs?

As a hoarder by genetics, I love clean stuff. But it’s a battle against my basic nature. I was raised where clutter was fine and my art brain likes clutter. I also hate moving things to find something.

Embrace Peterson's simple advice: Clean your room. Clean your computer. Get addicted to benzos. Sell your soul to The Daily Wire and shill Zionism to an audience that used to respect you.

Alcohol pads from the first aid kit on every floor in every office in America is all you need!

That is just gross man. I fucking hate that when I see a laptop like. It doesn't create a good opinion at all, just disgusting

WHAT IS THAT KEYBOARD??!! 😭😭 Must've sprinkled some crumbs to make it worse on photo, no way someone works on that.

Yep, I mean, it can happen, there are those rarities, but more often than not, its just a sign of sloppiness and even more, why should i trust you with an engineering project if you can even clean your laptop. But then again, its within individual freedom to be "messy"

Or sloppy driving. Thats the worst kind of sloppy!

i have literally an i5 with 8gb ram on it, still my laptop looks goddam clean, messyness disrupt productivity....

Guy who’s too dumb to be denying accusations of fash and then post “disgust is an important human instinct”

Imagine needing to borrow this to check your email and then having to immediately go to the clinic for an STD panel 🤢

A real engineer doesn’t give a shit what Jordan Peterson has to say

What's even worse is when a co-worker has a laptop like that and asks you to come over and help troubleshoot something.

If his laptop is that dirty, imagine his code 💀

I find it so disgusting to touch people dirty-ass laptops.

how you do anything is how you do everything

It's a sign of someone who doesn't respect his device wtf

Exactly lol just clean your damn greazy fingers before you touch the machine. The one in the image looks like it been at a jobsite for a month. Similar to people wearing glasses that are filled with grease and finger prints on the lenses. How the hell do they see?!

Telling all the engineers I work with that the father of Rails tells them to keep their shit clean

Gross. I'm about to eat. Thanks for that! Totally agree with DHH on this. Keep your workspace and laptop spotless imo.

I think part of the interview process should be inspecting the persons house and see how clean they are. Chances are if they have a messy house they will have messy code.

Having a disgusting laptop is like disrespecting verything that feeds you. Always respect your work and work environment.

That's 100% true. I've seen many people like this, with disgusting looking Macs. I've always told them the same thing, living in dirt isn't an excuse for being hardworking, it's often a sign of deep laziness embedded into their system. Thanks for amplifying this.

Man the crusty laptop is itself AI generated, that photo itself isnt real

this is good advise it's important to take care of yourself, your tools and your surroundings to effectively work with other people

I agree. I wouldn’t be able to work on a greasy and dirty keyboard, looking at reflections of what-would-that-even-be on the screen and on a clattered desk. man, I can’t even understand how people can have stuff on their home screens and not organised stuff in folders

“Disgust is an important human instinct” - this is such a misunderstood concept

He meant literal crack

This is one of those things AI can't help you with. "No one wants to pair program with me" 😅 give it a clean, you might like it.

When I see a coworkers filthy laptop I don't think "wow that person is a cracked engineer", I think "wow that person is gross"

When your space is crappy and dirty hoe do you think, because I for one my sense of smell is heightened so when I get into a room that smell for others it stinks for me I can't even think straight or be productive. Please always stay clean, neat and sharp it helps the mind.

Bamboo gave the space some life

And dear lord wash at least every other day.

@ThePrimeagen and @X on my leisure workspace :)

That laptop has gonorrhea. Throw the whole thing away.

All the people who are personally attacked have shit rooms and nasty laptops

People deliver their computer like this to our repairshop. No shame

Any recommendations on how to clean it? I usually use a slightly damp cloth for the keyboard. And for the screen a damp cloth again -but lighter pressure- and then a microfiber cloth. Oh! And I have an old toothbrush for the hard to get places too

dude's a jordan peterson adherent lol

Clean laptop gang

Since getting Omarchy, on a tear clearing my Downloads folder every time I'm done with a particular activity

I live in my car (purposely) and my life is completely spotless. (My laptop screen is dirty though I will admit) When I have a home, it’s the same way.

yeah save the slop for your shitty vibecoded projects, keep a clean desk so people think your work is good you just have to make the sale, whatever happens next is someone elses problem

Thank you, good lord, for DHH coming on the Lex podcast; I would not have found this beautiful mind.

keep it clean. keep it simple.

Peterson's simple advice lmfao what about your mom advice, why you gotta bring in the worst posible male reference

would you sponsor my next one? i run omarchy and put a sticker on the back of it with your face on studio ghibli style

My laptop spends more than 50% of its time in clamshell mode so it’s super dusty when I escape the desk…

I wish they'd make these things easier to clean.i usually have to do a complete disassembly to get all the crud off a keyboard, and I can't easily do that with a mouse. With laptops, the best I can do is use a disinfectant wipe and a vacuum cleaner.

That photo should come with NFSW warning 🤢

This whole “my desk and laptop and bed are messy because I work and I’m creative” is such a wild reach I did arts in Belgium and not one person from my class had messy desks etc, it’s a stereotype that needs to die Messy =/= cluttered, also clean your laptop 🤢