Mmm I don't stream as much as you, though with the work-from-home mandate now I need to organise streaming my rust workshops for my colleagues. I might have to hit you up for OBS advice :D
I'm staring at a pile of cardboard boxes too -- currently wondering if the rubbish dump will be open to take it all because I need to make room in the lounge for my new yoga mat \o/
One Debian person asks if you stick an sshd in the initramfs and use the remote, echo the password to a fifo, or whatever it is - does that work? - they're interested in keyboard state at that point in the boot process.