This is a neat writeup. I think the ESP32, alongside similar microcontrollers that tie communication via complex protocols so close to direct interaction with the physical world for such a small energy cost, are really amazing for teaching, inspiring, and empowering otherwise "non-technical" people. Of course, you do have to be able to program, but I think we're making great strides in making that as easy as possible with things like CircuitPython and EduBlocks.
Also, this kind of shocked me:
> none of my followers had ever seen functioning WOL on any 10 Gbit/s card.
Those cards are way too expensive to be lacking such a useful feature!
It seems likely that most existing deployments of 10Gbps cards are into a machine that has an alternative management card (which has no reason to be 10Gbps-capable).
I don’t need to WoL via my 10Gbps card near as much as I need WoL on the management interface.
We’re already starting to see 2.5 Gbps interfaces become more and more popular on mainboards, so I suspect once 10 Gbps interfaces become more common on high-end mainboards, vendors will start caring about WOL with these chips :)
Also, this kind of shocked me:
> none of my followers had ever seen functioning WOL on any 10 Gbit/s card.
Those cards are way too expensive to be lacking such a useful feature!