It provides themes; as does Next.js/Versel, mui, etc. Are seasoned developers usually forking from these provided designs? What value do you guys ascribe to provided themes?

I don't know what rationale Gladwell has provided, but I've just got to add (with a throwaway account, naturally) that WFH has been disastrous for me, and indeed a double-digit number of close acquaintances have reported the same. Mitchwell and Webb was pretty prescient as to the reason why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW3lhfVpLL4

We are not meant to be alone. Weird things happen when we are alone for too long.