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My personal favorite RPI feature is the Linux USB gadget mode on the RPI 0W. Very versatile.
You can have the pi act as USB network card and just ssh (or any other IP) into the pi via a single micro USB cable. I've also hosted a browser version of vscode like that before, so you get a text editor with terminal that let you work on the pi's system remotely/over USB.
You can make your own human interface devices like keyboards very easily. Of course you can just simulate key presses, no need for actual buttons.
You can have the pi pretend to be a storage device.
Have you been able to do this in a way that doesn't involve waiting 1-2 minutes for Linux to boot after plugging it in? That was the main thing stopping me from actually using it in my experiments.
I don't remember it being that bad