I'm so far removed from the hardware world. It's been quite a while. Being as you seem like you know what you're doing, I have a question for you.
What type of hardware could I run to host a web application, and it run smoothly? I don't especially think of it as being computationally expensive, but I want to plan in the event that I have moderate success. That said, I'd like to do this as cheaply as possibly. (I know, I know. This is a tall order.)
self-host on a pi and then look how it goes
or buy some old computer to use for self-hosting :)
I thought about it, but man have you looked at the cost of a Pi these days. Sheeeeeeesh.
that's why I said the old computer for hosting ;)
some old dell, they are bigger but also like pis on steroids :P^^
I was going to ask about power consumption, but maybe I don't really care lol.
woelfchen suggestion is good. For pi you would have to learn/know linux.
It depends very much on your application. But if you are starting out why not just deploy it on your main machine as the investment is zero?
Lol because my main machine is a laptop that I'm pushing to the limit. I feel like I'll need more than a Pi, but I may be mistaken. They're almost cost prohibitive for the machine that you get. I was just curious if there were any other good single board options out there.
I run Mac so I already use unix. This isn't coming from being completely naive of computers, just out of hardware. The Pentium III was still a formidable processor the last time I put anything together.
If you wanna commit a bit of money to it. I would buy a cheap second hand Hp microserver gen8. In NL I could get these in the price range of 125-350 euro. (125 probably something requires fixing) https://www.marktplaats.nl/l/computers-en-software/servers/q/hp+microserver/