I've tried some advanced lighting at home, when I refurbished apartments in 2011-2018, before smart home became commodity, and quickly understood that I don't n

I've tried some advanced lighting at home, when I refurbished apartments in 2011-2018, before smart home became commodity, and quickly understood that I don't need any kind of these "advancements", because it adds little value but it fails a lot more often and needs an order of magnitude more maintenance. Regarding lights, I understood any spot lights are nearly impossible to plan ahead correctly, and are used rarely. what is really needed is multiway switch for the ceiling light, and 2 levels (1 dim bulb for dim light, more bulbs for bright). The rest -- local spotlights, dimmers, adjustable hue -- add very little value, but need maintenance and are hard to repair (try finding a rotating knob for a dimmer). Use table-top lamp or one with a clamp to save space, with yellowish light for local lighting, same for bed light. That's it. Using smartphone may have seemed ok when they were new in 2010. Now I see they're pain to use, apps live their own life, you have many distractions, and it often takes equal amount of time to walk to the switch to check/turn off, as to browse to it in the phone. Same if you have kids -- you get distracted out of the phone, but phone won't save you time, it's much harder to use smartphone with kids nearby.