I will confess. I started writing this post about some stupid systemd tricks. However, I wanted to explain a little about systemd first, and that wound up being longer than the tricks. So this Linux ...

Systemd timers are a modern replacement for Cron. Three ways to use timers: systemd-run for one-offs, OnCalendar for cron-like schedules, and event timers for boot/start. Switching is worth it: ...