If you don't need GPIO, then you don't need a RPi. They are useful, but an old laptop can do most things a Pi can do, and putting them to use keeps them out of the landfill longer.
Unpopular Opinion: Don’t Use a Raspberry Pi for That
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#12Do NUCs have GPIO or do I have to stick to a SBC for those?
Not typically
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#13I've been pricing out small systems recently for a light weight server at home (to use in part with a weather station). Given the lack of availability/expense of RPi 4s and the expense of a decent NUC, I'm leaning in the direction of an M2 Mac Mini, which has better idle power than AMD64 options, and not much worse than an RPi 4.
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#14If you don't need GPIO, then you don't need a RPi. They are useful, but an old laptop can do most things a Pi can do, and putting them to use keeps them out of the landfill longer.
And includes built in battery backup
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#15Without disputing anything in the article, I often see little to no value placed in consistency, simplicity, and repeatability with these kinds of analysis.
In this case, I would prefer to manage 1 set/type of hardware for all my uses unless I really needed to deviate. If the difference is $100 in overkill for a Pi-hole, but right-sized for other use cases, I find value in the consistency.
1 form factor, 1 OS, 1 set of hardware compatibility, if a script works 1 place, it works everywhere, etc.
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#16Why am I getting a cloudflare error? Visiting from India via Chrome. Msg: I got an error when visiting set-inform.com/2021/08/24/unpopular-opinion-dont-use-a-raspberry-pi-for-that/. Error code: 1020 Country: IN Data center: fra08 Timestamp: 2023-03-22 13:33:46 UTC
Same but attempting to visit from Vietnam
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#17If you don't need GPIO, then you don't need a RPi. They are useful, but an old laptop can do most things a Pi can do, and putting them to use keeps them out of the landfill longer.
A laptop would consume significantly more power than an RPi.
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#18Why am I getting a cloudflare error? Visiting from India via Chrome. Msg: I got an error when visiting set-inform.com/2021/08/24/unpopular-opinion-dont-use-a-raspberry-pi-for-that/. Error code: 1020 Country: IN Data center: fra08 Timestamp: 2023-03-22 13:33:46 UTC
Cloudflare thinks you are a threat. If your ISP assigns you a dynamic IP, maybe trying renewing your lease?
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#19Silence, volume and stability are 3 features they also have, atleast with heatsinks like these: http://move.rupy.se/file/cluster_client.png
SD cards are saturated by 2W TDP Raspberry 2, but the 4 has workload speeds for CPU intense operations.
This cloud hosting service has been running from my home fiber with better uptime than AWS/GCP for the last 10 years: http://host.rupy.se
Longevity is the key value.
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#20For prototyping, RaspberryPis will get you where you're going faster than anything else. The Linux environment gives you speed of development. The form factor let's you toss it in a parts bin. The GPIO gives you direct, easy access to the physical world.
After prototyping, redeveloping for a different platform is often not worth the cost. If you didn't use the GPIO, switch to a NUC or similar. Or don't.
Raspberry Pis are in data centers now, occupying server racks. Don't fight the signal; retransmit.