Use your phone as a hotspot, while plugged in to charge.

Even better, USB tethering -- no Wi-Fi needed. At least on Android, it's very easy to enable.

It's also a lifesaver when Wi-Fi drivers are unavailable on Linux, as you can use USB tethering, and use your phone as a USB Wi-Fi dongle.

That kills my MBP’s battery, as it would be charging my phone as well.

Interesting point, true.

These days you can control the charge direction from Android, that may work. On my phone, I can also use Acc (and AccA) to limit charge current/voltage, and possibly stop charging (I have to check whether it cuts the connection). Advanced charging controller requires root, though.

Seedbox access without exposing it to the wider web.

Managing personal devices.

One day I had to go to the office and only then did I notice my keepass hadn't synced in months. My home PC was sleeping so I SSH'd to my Openwrt box, got the MAC for my PC and used etherwake to start it. From there I used RDP to login and get an updated password. All from my phone.

When shopping around I usually consult the SSD spreadsheet to find the specs I want. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B27_j9NDPU3cNlj2HKcr...

I stick to Samsung for PCIE4 and TLC+Marvel for anything else.

I've only had an old OCZ Agility 3 64gb die, but it had a cruel life of being a cctv storage drive and still lasted about 8 years.

My samsung 970 EVO threw bad blocks at me and destroyed windows install... at 90-something life left too