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Aircraftblues
Also where I live there are very few smooth roads, mostly pot holes and rough pavement so was also looking at gravel bikes
Larger tubeless tire will help. It doesn't need to be a "gravel" bike. Something with 32mm or wider tubeless will help.
Unless you ride long descents or int he rain, disc brakes are not going to stop better than rim. And for disc, hydro are better than cable actuated.