I have a pi-hole, and old 1B that doesn't do anything currently but filled a bunch of projects over time, and a Pi Zero that I've played around with for a couple projects and might have a more permanent IoT project if I can get additional Pis. I have another project that sort of works on a Pi Zero, but really needs a Pi Zero 2 so it's not laggy.

Right now I'm an illogical state of mind due to the shortage. I want to preserve my unused Pi Zero so I can prototype projects, yet if I can't get additional Pis then what's the point of prototyping? I've ended up looking at alternatives and had a hard time getting many things to work on them, but the lack of Pis forces me to struggle with those problems.