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The silly part is buying a $50 raspberry pi, then storage and memory and so on, when a $200 used M1 Mac mini is plug-and-play.

$40 used ThinkCentre Tiny is also plug and play! Or Dell Optiplex Micro, practically the same thing.

The silly part is buying a $200 used M1 Mac mini, when a $5 Arduino clone can be used to blink an LED.

Oh wait—that’s the silly part

That was supposed to be a joke. Guess I won’t give up my day job

"What is my purpose?"

"You turn this LED on or off"