https://left4more.com/tags/raspberry-pi/Recent content in Raspberry-Pi on Left for MoreHugoen-usSat, 11 Apr 2026 09:52:57 +1000https://left4more.com/posts/a-web-server-that-runs-on-sunlight-and-27mb-of-ram/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:52:57 +1000https://left4more.com/posts/a-web-server-that-runs-on-sunlight-and-27mb-of-ram/<p>Someone on the internet built a web server that runs on solar power and idles at 27MB of RAM. I&rsquo;ve been thinking about this all week and I can&rsquo;t stop smiling about it.</p> <p>The setup is gloriously minimal: a Raspberry Pi Zero W running Alpine Linux in diskless mode — meaning the entire OS runs in RAM — with lighttpd serving static sites and a small Python app handling file sharing. The whole thing is powered by a couple of solar panels feeding into a cheap power station. It handles somewhere between 5 and 15 concurrent users without breaking a sweat, and it costs next to nothing to run. This is the kind of project that makes me remember why I got into tech in the first place.</p>