Someone pointed out in comments on the blog post (https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/27/tyranny-of-the-clock/#comment-4593761983 https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/

Someone pointed out in comments on the blog post (https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/27/tyranny-of-the-clock/#comment-4593761983 https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/27/tyranny-of-the-clock/#co...) that systemd actually has some good functionality for that.