That's great to hear, thanks for sharing!
I just bought a 9th gen that I was going to test out for a while to see if it would work for me or if I truly need to go to an Air or Pro instead- with the absolute heaviest load I would put on it being creating 5-10 minute videos in iMovie or perhaps Lumafusion (haven't used it before, but am thinking of buying it).
It would be fantastic if it works well on this device and I don't need anything more expensive!