> No offense but this whole article and thread is just getting each other to buy stupid crap. This is what home automation is. If there's any truly practical u

> No offense but this whole article and thread is just getting each other to buy stupid crap. This is what home automation is. If there's any truly practical use beyond not overwatering a lawn that you should probably replace with native flora anyway I've never seen one. But this project is super cool! I enjoyed the read, also enjoy excessive automation with home assistant as a hobby, and thank you OP for sharing. We need more joy of tech for the sake of joy of tech.