The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by semi-extrinsic on Monday February 11, 2019 @12:39PM (#19136297)

Just curious: what is the use case where the Pi Zero W is better than, say, an ESP8266 as in the Wemos/Lolin D1 mini board? Those you can actually buy in bulk for $4.

From my point of view, the fragility of having to deal with a microSD card makes a Pi-like solution a complete non-starter if you want to scale.

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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by ac29 on Monday February 11, 2019 @03:11PM (#19137817)

The Pi Zero W can run a full Linux stack. The ESP8266 is essentially a fancy microcontroller. They aren't really comparable solutions, though they can certainly do some of the same tasks.

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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by semi-extrinsic on Monday February 11, 2019 @04:41PM (#19138614)

I know the difference between the stacks, but what I'm asking specifically about the Zero is, when do you

(need the additional benefits of a full Linux stack) && (the modest hardware of the Pi Zero W is enough) && (are shipping stuff at scale yet can live with the flakyness of microSD)?

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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by seba_dos1 on Monday February 11, 2019 @08:57PM (#19140356)

You don't need to ship stuff at scale in order to make sensible use of more than one board.

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