Yeah, a lot is possible with current tech (e.g. you can tell Hue lights what to do after power is restored) and I think my own home automation gets pretty close

Yeah, a lot is possible with current tech (e.g. you can tell Hue lights what to do after power is restored) and I think my own home automation gets pretty close, but I guess I was hoping to see a blog post from someone who had really thought it through and had come up with some "slightly intelligent" home automation do's and don'ts re: graceful degradation, avoiding lock-in, ease of use for other people in the home who may hate the idea of home automation, security, how to deal with hardware that fails, what automations are likely to be brittle and need frequent reconfiguration vs. what'll just keep on working, when to go with proprietary vs. DIY, how to document things etc.