Turning my ESP32 into a DNS sinkhole to fight doomscrolling

1. Why an ESP32? Its a bit of an odd duck I would think. Can it withstand a month of DNS bombardment from your phone?

2. As the wifi credentials are part of the code, and its set up as a station, this is only going to work at home without port forwards? Leads me back to point 1 sort of. Its an ultraportable lightweight DNS server you need to recompile to move.

Its a cool implementation it just sort of comes off as a solution seeking a problem.

> 1. Why an ESP32? Its a bit of an odd duck I would think. Can it withstand a month of DNS bombardment from your phone?

The advantage is that it is really, really cheap and low power.

They are cheap enough that I keep a supply of ESP boards just in case I want to throw something together.

Yup, that’s the reason! Had one lying around my house (I’d originally bought a pack of them at a really cheap price)!

Great project. Use what you have is as good as any reason.