Dell subreddit and forums are absolutely full with problems. Personally I would stay away from Dell anything, maybe only their Latitude line with a good on-site warranty.

Agreed! XPS laptop line really ticks all your boxes. Competently runs whatever IDE I throw at it and runs a variety of servers simultaneously without performance issues. Also plays Elden Ring very competently, if that's your bag. Only gripe is no USB type A or HDMI ports, though that's hardly uncommon these days.

I bought one (xps 15, 9510, top spec) recently and like it a lot - solid build, good Linux support and very powerful.

However.... don't expect to be able to use it very long on battery power. It's pretty much like a 'portable workstation' class machine.