What’s your long-term review of software development on the MacBook Air/Pro M1?

Hello everyone, I'll be starting my master's this Fall and have decided to make a switch from Windows (I don't think I need to give reasons for this lmao). I was wondering if I should go with the Air or the Pro (13). Couldn't really find along term review for software devs on M1.

I generally use NodeJs, React, Android, been experimenting with Flutter and am planning to get started with Swift soon. Not much into AI/ML for now, but I've used Colab in the past of all my projects.

Here are a couple of questions that I have for anyone who has had experience with it:

1. Is 8GB RAM enough?
2. Does the lack of a fan on the Air necessarily makes thing difficult? (a 10s difference is too much of a first-world problem for me, not an issue per se)
3. I know Rosetta takes care of a lot of compatibility issues, but have there been any major issues with sw like VSC, Docker, etc. ? (I did read about them being launched natively)

Appreciate any inputs, thank you!