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Colin Nederkoorn
Personal blog · alphacolin.comproductivitystartups
Colin Nederkoorn's personal blog at alphacolin.com covers productivity and startups. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Colin Nederkoorn's post on building a standing desk for about $22 from an IKEA Lack table, a DIY hack that also comes up when people discuss using the Lack for rackmounting computers.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Hi, I'm Colin Nederkoorn co-founder and CEO of Customer.io.
Most-linked posts?
- /ikea-standing-desk-for-22-dollars/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-05-27
What Hacker News says?
Let's also not forget the Lack's crucial role in forming the Standesk 2200, a classic standing desk hack: https://alphacolin.com/ikea-standing-desk-for-22-dollars/
Comment linking /ikea-standing-desk-for-22-dollars/
on “LackRack: IKEA's cheapest table is perfectly sized to rackmount computers (2020)”Not OP, but I built this, and have been pretty happy with it for the cost: https://alphacolin.com/ikea-standing-desk-for-22-dollars/
Comment linking /ikea-standing-desk-for-22-dollars/
on “Salaries Get Chopped for Many Americans Who Manage to Keep Jobs”Try this first to see if you can get comfortable while standing https://alphacolin.com/ikea-standing-desk-for-22-dollars/amp...
Comment linking /ikea-standing-desk-for-22-dollars/amp/
on “Ask HN: Is buying an expensive standing desk worth it?”