Randoms don't wander in. There is, at the minimum, an illusion of security with a security guard.
Security is security: the more you have, the more difficult target you look. It doesn't necessarily make you safer, but the illusion exists on both sides.
lol. I've been playing around with OpenThread (XIAO ESP32C6 is officially my favorite board right now), and I've learned a lot. But now my bathroom light won't reliably turn on when I walk in... But I'm learning!
I have a cluster of $100 Lenovo mini PCs that I've been using for 5 years now. The hobby doesn't have to be expensive.
Until you get to storage. I'll admit, I dropped $4500 on VM and Media storage a few years back. But that should still last me a few more years before that fills up!
(not mice), but Fancy Rats are extremely susceptible to tumors. It sucks. More rats I've owned have died of either cancer or respiratory illnesses than old age.