[vrighter]

And all that stuff you mentioned is stuff you can't buy. You can't buy a preconfigured router that fits your setup. You need to configure it yourself. And if it's the CEO who's provisioning servers and installing and configuring routers and setting up networking routes and crap like that, then there's your problem!

And if he's running an e-commerce store, then why the hell would he be stuggling with pipewire? What the hell is xdg-desktop-portal even used for when hosting a website. What does your audio obsession (nothing wrong with it, I have my own obsessions) making you fuck with amplifiers and DACs have to do with security in any way shape or form?

It really sounds like you started out with the conclusion of "This is boring, I don't want to do it" and finding reasons to justify it.