Are you rebooting daily?
No

Running any other apps simultaneously including browsers?
Not when testing

Are you running BIAB on your boot drive and is it reformatted APFS?
Yes - and I realized that optimizing apps wasn't recommended, so I didn't go that way.

Yes it is a MacBook Pro


MacMini M1 - BIAB2021 - Logic Pro X - iZotope Music Production Suite - Scaler 2 - far too many Waves plugins and Line 6 Guitars and boards + a fantastic Yamaha THR10ll mini Amp - Avid MBOX Studio

Peters' Garage is available on all major streaming services