Wifi iot can be good, but it depends on a few factors Devices with local API, be it binary or http, are one part of the equation. There are systems like esphom

Wifi iot can be good, but it depends on a few factors Devices with local API, be it binary or http, are one part of the equation. There are systems like esphome that are best in class. The other part is getting a decent router and Wi-Fi infrastructure to support them. Most consumer routers crap their pants after 30 or so devices I used to be vehemently against Wi-Fi. Internet of things stuff, but when I got my new house, my current house I've been building it out in a hybrid approach. Approach. Lighting loads are controlled via lutron, and then non-lighting loads are a mixture of Z-Wave, zigbee, and Wi-Fi devices running ESPhome. My Network infrastructure is a unifi system. It's been more or less bulletproof