I fretted a bit when I bought my 13” Pro M1 with 8GB/512GB, because I’ve never owned less than a 16GB 15” MBP. My iMac has 64GB of DRAM, and yet I don’t think anything about it anymore, I’ve never experienced anything remotely like a slow down or out of memory message. The thing just keeps going and going and going. I’m sure one can reach its limits, but these forums are like Charlie Brown and the football. If you know you need 32GB, but it. If you operate fine with 16GB, stop fretting. Future proofing is a fools errand anyways. The M1 Pro and Max will be state of the art for a hot minute and then we’re on to the next thing. This is the grindstone of technology.