Do yourself a favor and do not use a Pi for web development, it's way too slow for that. I knew that the Pi was slow when I got myself one (Pi 400) but I didn't think it would be THAT slow. Returned it the next day, barely usable. Better to only use a Pi for non-graphical stuff.

PI is in an interesting spot. For those who want cheap compute, a low end mini PC can deliver 5x the performance for 1.5x the price with more peripherals available while remaining portable. So it really only makes sense if you care about the form factor, power consumption or GPIO.

I use my PIs for basically two reasons - they can be conveniently powered from a USB hub and they can act as USB gadgets.

Yeah, browsing is quite painful. I agree.