My setup is similar; but it would be a mistake to only consider the destination. Settling on a system is a 2 or 3 phase process - a highly exploratory phase to work out what features exist and which you need. A second phase to identify which communities most align with your needs and how stable they are. Then finally a third long comfortable phase of actually using the software.
Phase 3 should always look like some combination of the most boring technologies available. But people who've made it to that phase are only useful signposts to someone who has made it through the fist phase and really explored the space.
In theory it is possible can jump straight through the whole process by just copying someone else; but although most people use that strategy I don't see how it would lead them to an i3/Debian/Linux stack. If the goal is to follow what is popular, probably MacOS or whatever Ubuntu does by default these days is a better bet.
Phase 3 should always look like some combination of the most boring technologies available. But people who've made it to that phase are only useful signposts to someone who has made it through the fist phase and really explored the space.
In theory it is possible can jump straight through the whole process by just copying someone else; but although most people use that strategy I don't see how it would lead them to an i3/Debian/Linux stack. If the goal is to follow what is popular, probably MacOS or whatever Ubuntu does by default these days is a better bet.