Matter is fine too. It’s off the cloud. MQTT is great but generally not exposed directly to the consumer.

It is of the utmost importance that you understand I see what you did there.

Man, FireWire was such a cool name for an interface.

You would think after ditching a bunch of rich fuckers on an island they wouldn’t get another chance to try that again.

I like my home automation tech but it needs to serve a purpose. Just being connected to wifi is not a selling point for me. Lights that turn on in the morning when I need to wake up are great. A thermostat that can reduce energy usage when nobody is home is also great. But a grill….what the fuck does Internet access do to improve the grilling experience?

And if it requires the cloud to work, I don’t consider it a functional product.

But people in the real world don’t like talking to me.

Enter the calm and quiet room

Pass out torches and pitchforks, guns and knives

“Snaps exist”

War erupts.

there is no company forcing you to do things their way

IBM would like to do have a few words.

That wiki is by far the best part of arch.