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For pluggable power there are some other considerations you shouldn't neglect, like accidentally building a decent-ish-Q series LC with the input capacitors: https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/appl...

USB-C sorta solves this because it starts at 5 V and steps up after being plugged in, but then you have issues with arcing on unplugging (see: USB-C connector spec, one of the last appendices deals with this).




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