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Great stuff! What tech stack did you decide on? Also what sort of jobs are you gunning for?

Ahh so that's what it is. I was confused because my coworker has the MBP with an M1 and dual monitor works fine for him. But that ran contrary to all research on my MBP specifically. Seems I'm due for an upgrade at some point in that case...

I love the MBP with the M1 chip, but my biggest gripe is it lacks dual monitor support natively. I shouldn't have to use DisplayLink to get the second monitor working. Just been working on a single monitor since I got this thing because I heard DisplayLink is a buggy resource hog.

Used this at my last company. Super painless and makes setup a breeze. Current company uses Docker and I hate it. Every company I've been at loves to throw everything into a container. Even if you setup your dev configs to maintain hot reloading, it's always slower. Node package management is also a pain no matter how you implement it with Docker it seems.

I also hate the Docker tagline that it "eliminates 'works on my machine' issues". I believe a tool like asdf would also achieve this (correct me if I'm wrong). Docker itself can go haywire depending on the machine and you're basically in hell fighting with it just to get your dev environment working. You essentially eliminate one problem in exchange for a variety of equally frustrating challenges.

I work full-time and get monitored like this. Ever hear of Hubstaff? It's an unfortunate reality for some remote workers and I don't agree with it but it happens. There can be an inherent distrust from employers when they're unable to see you physically working. It's more of an assurance thing, but I've gotten used to working exclusively in VM's.