OK, but the fastest ssds these days tend to M.2 PCIE5 x4 drives and they pretty much all start at 1TB. Maybe I’m not looking in the right places, but I wouldn’t know where to find a smaller, faster drive

Intel optane? is there even any advantage left for optane compared with a fast, modern nvme disk?

heretic! the only dogmatically correct setup is

• helix
• fedora
• systemd
• rust
• whatever fits your workflow
• gecko
• nushell