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@Pudding
As a courier, I have a wet weather bike when I'm on top of things. Softer steel rather than aluminium, usually cheap but predictable 80s tourer with high clearance, full guards for dry shoes and arse, back brake, 23 or 25 width aramide tyres rather than usual skinnies (slicks! the physics of tread does not work at high pressures) , lower ratio by chainring, so wheels are compatible with dry bike. Freewheel rather than fixed, to save a bit of energy, or just ride brake-ish rather than skiddy and skippy.
When it really showers onto you, plugging through it with dry feet on lopros knowing you can stop makes it quite joyful once your skid-sense kicks in. I'm still a bit scared of snow though. I fell off in January at nearly 4km/h.
I plan to have a little rack too, to shift a bit of mass of the heavier stuff lower down. Seems inelegant or cluttered, but cycling grace comes from ease.