Yeah, adding a separate microarchitecture like amd64v3 would be a separate item. They might be able to do that with amd64v3 overlay repos that only contain packages that most benefit from the newer microarchitecture.

Personal stuff goes in ~/Projects

Work stuff goes in ~/Work/Code

This is one of the reasons I recommend using any provider that provides you with OpenStack when moving to the cloud.

The OpenStack website has a list of cloud providers who use OpenStack for their clouds. https://www.openstack.org/marketplace/public-clouds/

Especially if you’re using raid5 for multi disk.

Some of the worst landlords in my city are locals who rent out 1-2 houses to students.

The least bad landlord AFAICT is a local corporation that mostly rents out commercial space but has a few residential rentals too.