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If I could read a book in its original language versus an English translation, I would. Alas, I am a monoglot.

“You will use Edge as your default browser”

You could just make a spreadsheet. Not everything has to be an app.

Automatic writing for the twenty-first century

OK, and compared to what? “Less” is a comparison, but you didn’t specify what you’re comparing Debian to.
Out-of-the-box RAM usage is a pretty specious metric because you’re not installing Debian (or any other OS) just to have sit there in its out-of-the-box condition. Do you think a Debian server running Apache with 1000 vhosts will use less RAM than a RHEL server running nginx with 10 vhosts?

Define what you mean by “overhead”

I’ve tried getting yacy to work on two separate occasions. I’ve thrown generous resources at it but never had a satisfying experience.

C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner series spans 22 volumes (currently). I enjoyed it immensely.

While not sci-fi, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series is great for “on a journey” across the seas of the Napoleonic era.

My company has gotten good results from Amazon Textract.

Sitting through meeting after meeting about compliance.

I’m reading The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris. It’s non-fiction. Morris’ books have a good narrative, but they are scholarly works. I haven’t gotten very far into The Anglo-Saxons yet, but one bit I greatly enjoyed was the author drawing parallels between Beowulf and Tolkien’s Rohirrim, all while discussing the archaeological evidence for feasting halls and the zeitgeist of the people who’d built those halls.