Ask HN: Setup New Mac for noob brew or what?

I bought a Mac and come from a Ubuntu / Debian or win background. What / how do I install Dev tools, git, python, nose, npm etc using best practice and without building from source?

Home brew or macports?

Vscode work ok on the m1?

It’s an m1 chip so wanting to go native as far as possible, and don’t have to load esoteric sdk, java etc as I think I can skip or shell into my Ubuntu.

Your best practices to ensure a malware and safe dev environment also useful!

Thank you