I think it's just two monitors are creatively mounted. They are just sandwiched between two desks. Ultrawide monitors are generally curved so I doubt that it's ultrawide.

And is it touchscreen?

I think it's two monitors next to each other.

Sometimes it's good to have one with your code, one with the running program and one with a browser looking stuff up. You can argue one or two more (like database model, expected output, ...) but you barely need a whole monitor for each. The photo is just pretentious and comically overdone

Like if you're writing an essay on paper. You have your desk covered with a reference book or two, your draft version, working version, assignment, additional clarifications and notes, ... It would be such a hassle to put it all in one neat stack and search for whatever you need every time.

So programmers like to have the programming manual, design, notes, remarks from the customer, ... spread out over the screen(s) instead of switching back and forth every time.

Java class names.

Imagine trying to read 5 different books at once while simultaniously writing 30 books at once.

As a programmer:

• one 1080p screen for work chat/email
• one 1080p screen for code with 3-6 pages open simultaneously (approx 80x24 or 90x40 depending on whether the file tree is also open)
• one 1080p screen for a terminal with 4-6 terminal sessions displayed (80x24)
• one 1080p screen for reference documentation
  • or more 1080p screens for even more documentation as rabbit holes in documentation can go quite deep

...and that's before even more screens for monitoring services, CI status, rabbit holes in documentation, etc.

Then there's video chat. It gets really fun when someone asks "@inetknght, can you share your screen?" during a video call. Then I have to pick which screen gets shared and hope it's the right one. It would suck if they how many emails I ignore. I currently have 15,070 unarchived emails in my inbox spanning over a decade. I'll get to cleaning that inbox when the bug reports stop coming.

Plus, I sometimes run VMs fullscreen. It's best to do that on a dedicated monitor. Especially if there's multiple VMs running. Otherwise good luck finding the real desktop!

Your comment makes me think you'd like this meme I found the other day

You just need 3 largish televisions, a small TV or monitor for the top, and stuff to mount each screen in that configuration. Your PC doesn't need to be that good unless you are doing something like gaming, just enough to run 4 1080p windows. Once you connect them, it's fairly easy to adjust the configuration in Windows to extend and rotate the monitors to make the setup work. Depending on how you get the televisions (you can buy them used, flat screen 1080p TVs have been popular for a long time and are relatively affordable) and how you decide to mount them, you can build this setup for only a couple hundred

I have a guy that does this. He puts so much effort in weird mobility solutions (ie: Dual monitors on a rolling table so he can work outside sometimes) or having a setup like this with TV's, monitors etc all cobbled together.

Would you be surprised to hear hes not the most organized or efficient.