Native development is interesting to kernel developers much more so than the average server software developer.
Most server code is CPU architecture independent, and largely operating system independent. It's written in Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, PHP. Most of it is also already cross-developed on macOS or Windows, then deployed on Linux. The fact that all 3 run x86 doesn't make this much easier. Increasingly it's also targeting server-specialized hardware that isn't practical to carry with you (8 GPUs won't fit in a laptop, and Google won't even let buy their TPUs)
If CPU-native development is important, that's actually a good sign for ARM servers. Laptops and desktops are increasingly going to be ARM powered over the next few years.
Most server code is CPU architecture independent, and largely operating system independent. It's written in Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, PHP. Most of it is also already cross-developed on macOS or Windows, then deployed on Linux. The fact that all 3 run x86 doesn't make this much easier. Increasingly it's also targeting server-specialized hardware that isn't practical to carry with you (8 GPUs won't fit in a laptop, and Google won't even let buy their TPUs)
If CPU-native development is important, that's actually a good sign for ARM servers. Laptops and desktops are increasingly going to be ARM powered over the next few years.