[ljm]

There's probably a mindset of having to use IoT (or close enough) no matter how inappropriate the use-case is. Like how people try to find reasons to use a blockchain, or rewrite something in Rust, or host a kubernetes cluster.

A low-tech solution would be too boring or easy.

[jffry]

There are legitimate reasons for a test like this to exist, the linked author talks about this more a bit further into the same Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1475254812816019456