Serving VC pitch decks doesn't mean they want want hypergrowth + exits. Having just gone through the W22 batch - it really doesn't feel like they encourage growing quickly and exiting.

Hypergrowth is often what founders want. It's validation of product market fit (and of all the efforts).

Have you considered cloud machines for software dev?

Full disclosure: I'm a co-founder in a business that provides cloud environments for software dev.

One of my cofounders used to code daily from his ipad. I switch between my gaming pc and my mac. The flexibility and peace of mind is unbeatable for me. Plus its great for intensive computing usage since you can scale up and down.

That said, if Linux is your general purpose OS of choice (in addition to programming), than I completely get it :)

Looks like it with some packaging changes: http://web.archive.org/web/20220406172505/https://ngrok.com/...

Linux is great for a ton of use cases - like programming - because its common and theirs social support but not the case for so many other general purpose uses. Not being able to have a 15 year old on youtube explain how to fix a problem really holds me back from switching.