Get one with a remote, then get a smart RF blaster. There’s the Broadlink RM4 that I’ll likely be going with in the future.

Or, you could get an ESP32 and an IR transmitter/receiver and use Esphome. Same concept, but completely local.

I’m using MikroTik for my networking, and I love it so far. No switch yet, because I haven’t completely talked myself into the full SFP switch yet, but It’ll happen some day