Swapping microSD for SSD on Raspberry Pi dramatically boosts speed and reliability, crucial for resource-intensive projects. Minimal components needed for the upgrade include Raspberry Pi 4/5, SSD, ...
It used to be typical for every variation of Raspberry Pi to require booting from an SD or microSD card. It wasn't until the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B that the firmware received an update for booting ...
As an old companion in my tinkering journey, my Raspberry Pi 5 had to bear the brunt of my DIY experiments, which have ranged from all-in-one productivity hubs to Docker containers running Windows.