People could give things a name and write down what type of thing it is.

I am using it on an Intel J5005 with SATA SSDs, managed through Docker. Works flawlessly.

If I were to upgrade, I would choose a board with a modern PCIe 4.0 M.2 Slot, because i’d like to put the database on fast NVME storage.

Yeah, but that’s only really true for the things you use often, isn’t it? Sometimes you just need something that gets the work done and it’s okay if it takes a little more effort than using the premium one because you can’t justify spending that much for a one time use. Especially so if you need more than one specialty tool, because that adds up quickly.