Dear fediverse, I need a recommendation. I've got a PC that I need to be able to turn on/off remotely. I know about WOL packets since I was 12 (I'm 40 now), but setting them up seems ridiculous. I do wonder if in all THESE MANY years has nothing simpler been created?

All it needs to do is to turn on/off my PC.

If nothing exists to do this in a simple manner, I might use my free laptop just to send the WOL packet internally through Zerotier. But keeping an additional computer on just to wake up another seems like defeating the purpose of what I'm trying to do.

(unless I get a pi-zero and do it with that one)

#askfedi #simplicity

✏️ Mindful March: Day 31 - simple things

https://www.macpsych.blog/posts/mindful-march-day-31

#MindfulMarch #Joy #Simplicity

Quote of the Week 14

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
― Leonard Thiessen

https://quote--of-the--week.blogspot.com/2026/03/simplicity-is-ultimate-sophistication.html

#Simplicity #Wisdom
#Quote #QuoteOfTheWeek #CW14

Software developer Matheus Lima writes about how simplicity in software designs often gets trumped by over-engineered designs. He concludes from his experience that currently promotion criteria is mostly skewed towards rewarding complexity.

He goes on to propose courses of action that could change this for both engineers and engineering leaders. Simplicity needs to be made visible.

"Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity"

https://terriblesoftware.org/2026/03/03/nobody-gets-promoted-for-simplicity/

#softwaredesign #simplicity #incentives