Just get any web browser, preferably Microsoft Edge on a Microsoft Window Pro on a Microsoft Surface laptop. Open Microsoft GitHub workspace. To dev for your Microsoft Azure hosted Linux VM. Run the CI on GitHub. Use Microsoft O365 for your design doc. And Microsoft Team for communication.
Poor little Linux in the middle.
No gloomy project managers above you, just write the code you like, express yourself? Check
No telemetry to know what average Joe The Normie uses and wants? Check
No spending time on meetings and plannings, boring strategy discussions, just do a bit of here and there what your soul wants today? Check
Love to tinker and customize your setup without leaving a chance for IT department to standardize on software and settings rollouts, no MDM covering YOUR system ? You are out of enterprise - Check
Dreams came true, why poor?
At a company I worked, overtime they wanted everybody on Mac or Windows. No code locally, only ssh onto a Linux VM. When you argue you can also ssh from Linux, the response is: we cannot run the spywares on Linux.
Sure you can change job. But I have noticed the trend all over among my circle of friends.
For me Delphi Pascal was the pinacle of compilers/IDE combos. A simply fantastic combination of GUI editor, assembler support, fast compiler and truly useful documentation with pratical examples at the click of a button without needing internet.
VScode with a proper copilot seems to be a game changer. Crossing fingers.
For C# Rider is still the gold standard in my book, but for Go I still prefer VSCode to GoLand.