When I showed this picture to my coworkers, people noticed the laptop is vertical. One of my office mates (my coworkers are remote) had a commercial stand for his laptop. When we switched to work from home for covid, I made a copy.
The bottom is a 4x16 scrap of 3/4" pine. More or less.
2 dowels and a knob
I was practicing turning spindles on the lathe from pine branches that fell in my backyard 2 years ago. Pretend they're 1/2" ish dowels.
10" long sorta
Maybe the medium one is 10". The short thing at the front was practicing making a knob.
They holes are 1" to 1-1/2" from the edge with a slight angle. If your laptop doesn't fold flat, you'll need a flatter angle. Your board will probably need to be wider than 4" too.
I've been reading about staked furniture (https://lostartpress.com/products/the-anarchists-design-book) and decided to try it here. I drilled holes smaller than the dowels through the board. Then I tapered the end of the dowel and reamed out the hole to match the taper. Saw a slot in the end of the dowel, put the dowel in the hole. Line the slot up so it's perpendicular to the grain of the board. Put a wedge in the slot to lock it in. You can see it above.
Or just drill a round hole that matches the dowel & glue it. You could drill it slightly smaller and get a friction fit. There isn't much weight involved.
Finally, there will be a bit of dowel sticking out because it's angled. Cut that off so it's flush.
Action shot
Maybe this is a good view of the angle? You can see the standing desk's adjustable legs sticking up too.
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