[dgudkov]

1. A powered height-adjustable table. Now when I work I stand more often, and sit less. It has a 4 position memory, which makes changing the height as simple as a button push, so I switch between standing and sitting as frequently as I wish.

2. An oven with electric grill and a timer. It makes cooking healthy whole food so easy. Just throw it in, set the timer, pull it out, and eat. I use the oven to cook chicken, fish, beets, carrots, potatoes, sweet pepper, zucchinis, and eggplants. It's low-effort, requires little time, and tastes great. The timer is important for someone whose work requires a lot of focus concentration. The louder, the better :)

[londons_explore]

So many ovens come with timers that just beep - yet they keep on cooking.

Who on earth thought that was a good plan? If I wanted a timer, I'd have used my phone.

[nsomaru]

Turning the oven off isn’t going to help much anyways because most of the heat will remain and continue cooking the food

[londons_explore]

Slightly burnt pizza still beats 'literaly on fire' pizza any day.

[marssaxman]

Cooking timers have been around for centuries - hourglasses, then wind-up clockwork devices, then electric timers since the mid-20th century. Smartphones only showed up yesterday by comparison, not enough time for design trends to adapt.