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One of the worst habits that somehow made its way from the office into remote work is “presence”. There is this innate expectation that if you’re online and in the chat rooms you’re working.
Unfortunately slack and similar communication environments have become a cesspool of endless threads where nobody is able to explain an idea from start to finish because it is covered by all the “aham”, “I get it”, “yes” or “random cat gif” replies.
I've been using my iPad as an external display, over WiFi, ever since I learned it was possible. It's very easy to set up, and assuming you have a reliable wireless connection to pass data to and fro' the computer, it works seamlessly.