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Im doing something very similar. Running my OpenCode on a proxmox lxc. I have an additional layer of Kimaki, which gives you Discord integration (hate it or love it). Chatting with your codebase (voice messages, too, if that’s your jam), is very very cool.
For anyone liking the idea, but not loving the "scorpion" style. There is (and has been for years) the Emperor by MWE LAB: https://www.mwelab.com/en/emperor.html
you might be interested in torrent-webstorage services such as put.io then.
http://www.knocktounlock.com/ comes to mind.
Edit: Sorry, it appears Knock can't actually lock your Mac. Airlock promises that functionality though - so that might be of interest to you.
Do you have a sport you enjoy playing? Maybe there's a club/team you can join to get to know people outside work. That was always the first thing I did when I moved to a new location.
If you have a common reason to be somewhere, it reduces a lot of the awkwardness from meeting new people.