Docker/Chrome/Vscode/Github Desktop/brew & friends all work great now. Having one of the fastest single-threaded speed was worth the launch day problems.
Strongly disagree. So waiting 6 months to do your work after purchase was worth it?
One of the reasons developers get these Macs is to do mobile development for iOS (Because a Mac is required for this). Turns out that the 'launch day problems' wasn't worth it for this person (and many others) [0]
When I saw those launch day issues, I knew it would take more than a year to get the software ecosystem fully supported. At that point, I would just skip it and go for M1X or M2 instead. Which ever comes first.
[0] https://medium.com/mobile-app-development-publication/apple-...