Leonard Ritter on Mastodon: "master: welcome to my Smart Home. student: wow. how is the light controlled? master: with this on-off switch. student: i don't see a motor to close the blinds. master: there is none. student: where is the server located? master: it is not needed. student: excuse me but what is "Smart" about all of this? master: everything. in this moment, the student was enlightened"
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago

I completely agree. The most common "complaint" from guests in my old home was that the lights weren't turning on. They had turned it down to 0 by holding the button so clicking it was toggling between OFF and 0. Not really a smart home issue but it made me realize that the new system I'm speccing out needs to be invisible - it's a priority that things need to work "traditionally"

I will have a few NSPanels for the bonus controls (HVAC and audio mostly) but the lights need to make sense to a layman - even without enabling a guest mode.

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