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Only if your problem can be be split up reasonably, otherwise you will spend more time waiting for data to move.
Where it can work: video encoding, CI pipelines, data analysis
Where it won't work: interactive stuff, most single file operations
Then you don't need another reason to do it.
You can either get a hardware switch or chose a primary computer and connect to the others. For that you can use remote desktop software or be a try hard and use ssh.
The hardware switch looks promising. Are there any decent ones for under $50 out there or are they usually a big investment?
You don't even need hardware for it. Barrier is a software solution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KiOMjqykbU&t=734s
Barrier is only for inputs IIRC. To get Keyboard Mouse and Video (more usually KVM) you need some kind of remote desktop software. Rustdesk is pretty straightforward. I think Gnome handles RDP access natively now if you're running a Gnome based Linux distro. Otherwise XRDP is a bit of a faff, but solid once it's working.