Addendum; A concrete example of this conflict that I've been wrestling with recently. I've been considering going all in on home automation. Zigbee devices and

Addendum; A concrete example of this conflict that I've been wrestling with recently. I've been considering going all in on home automation. Zigbee devices and sensors everywhere managed with custom rules on Home Assistant. I want to get to the point where I don't ever have to touch a light switch. However, I also recognize stories of others who have done this, and then died leaving their less technical spouse with an unmaintainable mess that gradually degrades and falls to Entropy. They eventually have to hire someone to rip it all out and revert to a dumb house. By going all in on home automation, I'm creating debt for future me and my partner to maintain it all. At the moment, I'm not convinced that this act of creation will actually create enough value to justified the debt incurred.