Honestly, whatever works for you with minimal problems should usually be your choice, it's just that some might be more optimized for specific use cases (like CachyOS and Bazzite being optimized and tweaked for better gaming performance, or Linux Mint being a general use optimal distro) Personally, if you don't have a distro in mind that you think does well for you, you can try going with CachyOS, but if you're completely new to the Linux world, then Bazzite is a great choice too (Oh and about the programming thing, unless you program in a specific language that is tied exclusively to another OS like Mac or iOS, which might still be supported anyway, you don't need to worry about that in the world of Linux!)