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This article¹ reminded me that the one thing we absolutely need in computing is simplicity. Cutting down on complexity, not piling it up. BMCs are basically small Linux machines (often PowerPC-based in the past, ARM recently) that allow you to manage the server that contains them even when it's off. Crucially this is a Linux box that gets updated only when the vendor feels like updating it, which oftentimes means sometimes between too late and never. ¹ https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/thousands-of-servers-can-be-backdoored-by-exploiting-buggy-motherboard-controllers/ 🧵 1/6