Daily driving with a Pi was very very close to possible for me, back in 2020 when I last tried it, but unfortunately a Pi 4 just didn’t have enough oomph to handle bigger web apps like outlook webmail, Google’s productivity suite, or a few other tools I needed for my job.
How does the Pi 5 family compare, five years on?
The Pi 5 finally upgraded to an out-of-order CPU, so it's ~3x faster than a Pi 4. It's a huge jump. The caveat being it definitely needs a cooling solution now.
Pi 4: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/976221
Pi 5: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9348462
but for funsies, an N150 (same price as a Pi 5 - arguably cheaper since it comes with a case, cooling, power supply, etc...): https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/10304384
I used a Raspberry Pi 400 for couple years as my home computer and embedded software projects. It worked surprisingly well for my needs: internet browsing, C++ development, web development.
In my experience, its a lot better than the Pi 4 was at fitting this niche, but unless you really need ARM or Pi GPIO or some other specific feature you're better off just using an N150 based mini pc.