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Discussion on: Make a Linux dev server for less than 50$/life 😱

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George Nance

This is a great tutorial! I love the raspberry pi.

Mine unfortunately has been collecting a-lot of dust because I haven't found a project that interests me enough to put on there.

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Thomas Werner

I use mine at the moment as a remote git repository for syncing my personal branches across my desktop and notebook at home.

I also use it as a PostgreSQL database server for development and testing. It works reasonably well, but if you happen to forget using indexes you will notice that it can slow down to a crawl. Which is great! Because you will catch these errors super early in the process before it could hit a production environment.

Some ideas:

Attach a big external hard drive and

  • Use it as a cheap network storage device
  • Use it as media server or "smart TV" device connected to your TV

...or

  • Run Alexa or Google assistant services on your Raspberry Pi
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Sarthak Sharma

Well, Now you know what to do with it. Go for it. 😊