I have a 64GB Crucial SSD from about 2010 that’s still going.

I use it as a boot drive for a Pi instead of using a microsd card.

Usually I’d agree, but in this case aren’t they mocking that trend by copying this meme?

Use a reverse proxy in a DMZ. You can use something like Bunkerweb + Crowdsec to give you a WAF and dynamic IP blocklist in front of your web service.