From my experience, the whole hacking thing really comes down to picking the right operating system. If you wanna do any proper hacking youll need to grab a cyberdeck, which lets you mess with quickhacks and that breach protocol minigame - pretty fun once you get used to it. The better decks give you more ram and slots to work with, and some of the legendary ones have really cool perks like auto-debuffing enemies.

Something interesting to keep in mind is that once you pick your os, youre kinda locked into that style. Like if you go with sandevistan or berserk instead of a deck, you cant do any hacking at all which is a pretty big deal when dealing with security systems. I learned that the hard way on my first playthrough! But those options are great if youre more into straight-up combat, especially since sandevistan lets you slow down time which is super satisfying.

Tip - if youre going the hacker route definitely keep an eye out for those intelligence perks and cyberware upgrades, they can really boost your ram capacity and make those quickhacks way more effective. The tetratronic rippler is absolutely worth saving up for if you can get your hands on it, that extra ram makes such a huge difference in longer fights.