No powerful workstations or server under the table? That's pretty common.

Unless you're training an AI model or compiling Chromium all the time, there's very little need for a super powerful computer (by today's standards).

You could have many VMs and whatnot, but that's not common.

Thanks for the answer. I had somehow thought that compiling and rapid iteration requires high power or that devs would be heavily into home servers, smart home stuff etc.. But I guess you are right and that only applies in some cases. Hm, then who is supposed to be the target audience for maxed out "pro" devices?

If there's a real need for a high powered computer, most people will just connect to a server or whatnot to do the calculation there.

But that server would be built by someone else? My thinking was that cloud servers, google colab etc. are cost effective for sporadic use, but that "devs" could justify needing this power often and locally.