Exactly right. I'm a heat gun, pan and wooden spoon user. I tried a dedicated home roaster and found it slow and unreliable. Fresh coffee and and Cheaper too. At 10ish years roasting it's firmly part of the routine now. My Silvia is at something like 13,000 made coffees now.
I personally like roasting in small batches, because I don't drink a _ton_ of coffee, and it only takes a few days for roasted beans to lose a lot of their volatile flavor compounds.