Did you ever struggle with an ESP32 board of yours, wishing you had exposed that UART, or seriously lacking the JTAG port access? If so, you should seriously check out [0xjmux]’s ESP-PROG-Adapter ...
Hobbies don't have to start expensive, even if they all end that way.
Your code can run on the second core, too ...
These projects are simple, cheap, and highly useful ...
Look for the wireless capability you need, not the name on the board ...