I’ve found that being direct, but polite works well enough.

“Not to be rude, but I have to get this task done ASAP. Can we pick this up at another time? Thank you.”

Pop!_OS on my desktop and laptop since 2020.

The 61W battery helps a bit. If I’m compiling binaries locally all day, it certainly tanks.

I think the fix for the phantom drain came with the newest refresh (gen 3); I don’t notice a rapid drain when I sleep mine, though because I use the ‘deep sleep’ workaround.

I’ve had good luck with Namecheap.

I have been using a Framework 13 (12th gen intel) since April and I love it. The only complaint is the battery life (5-8 hours of software development with JetBrains IDEs), but in terms of hardware performance, it’s fantastic.