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I understand that you can write custom udev rules to create a symlink in /dev directory.

Wondering what having a symlink in /dev accomplishes?

What is the symlink linking to?

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0461", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4d81", SYMLINK+="myusb"

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This was answered in the unix/linux stackex for anyone who stumbles on this looking for an answer.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/756092/whats-the-reason-to-add-a-symlink-to-dev-directory/756094?noredirect=1#comment1440055_756094