You did the right thing. This is not the right time for software developers to experiment with Apple Silicon, unless they’re willing to help develop software to work with Apple Silicon.
Largely depends on what kind of software developer you are. Not all developers rely on x86.
Our app is React/ Typescript and we don't use Docker/ x86 virtualization at all. I do need MySQL and a few other tools, but I don't expect they will be long coming (or maybe already running in Homebrew is there Homebrew ARM?)
If you make your living writing Mac or iOS software, this is a gift. Might be worth waiting for the next generation with more RAM and even beefier CPUs, but otherwise this is ideal.
For some reason I'd completely forgotten this was an option. Looking at the discussions on the home-brew boards, it looks like this will be the way to run home-brew for some time.
One of the formula not working in Homebrew’s core functionality is the gcc compiler, which they expect might be ready by mid-2021. Another is Go, which iirc they’re expecting will begin working around January. Rust and Erlang aren’t ready, MySQL doesn’t even get past the build phase, and Python is only partially working.
You can track progress here. Be advised that packages listed as ‘check again when XYZ is fixed’ may themselves have issues that can’t yet be discovered.
I would definitely not take for granted that you’ll be able to develop such things on the M1 platform without encountering M1 platform obstacles in unexpected corners of the tool chains for the next thirty days. It might be fine, but if it’s not, you’re out of luck until it is.
