Automation and Routines
How Many Smart Home Automations Is Too Many
Most smart homes do not fail because they lack automation. They fail because they accumulate it.
Switching smart home hubs looks simple from the outside: unplug the old box, plug in the new one, and pair your devices again.
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Automation and Routines
Most smart homes do not fail because they lack automation. They fail because they accumulate it.
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Three people who actually live with the gear they write about: a reviewer who buys new devices the day they launch and keeps a running list of what has failed him, a former security systems installer who now writes about what cameras and sensors actually protect against, and someone who builds absurdly complex home automations for fun and then writes the simpler version everyone else actually needs. Every article carries a byline, and nothing runs that the writer has not set up themselves.