Automation is about saving one's time and time is something that no amount of money can directly buy more of. One can invest their time and money however to ind

Automation is about saving one's time and time is something that no amount of money can directly buy more of. One can invest their time and money however to indirectly "buy" one more time through reduction of mundane tasks that many humans have come to accept as normal. Software only solutions aside my own personal and professional experiences have involved building several automation sensor networks and one of the first I built was over 20 years ago that was within my own house. In 2004 my master electrician father and I wired my entire house with both high voltage, 220v/110v, as well as low voltage, 24v/12v, in my plan to build a smart home. My automation planning choices then were focused on exactly this, saving me sub seconds of time here, there, and everywhere. As a former electrician I was acutely aware of light switch placement in a room and the time it takes to turn it on and off each and every time but I asked myself then if my creative awareness could successfully design out the need to turn on a light switch as I enter a room? I did just that using the automation sensor network I built that interacts with source code I wrote which manipulates other devices based on logic of sensor states and any other sensors or inputs I deemed inclusive for the logic's objective. In the last 20 years I have rarely turned on light switches as they come on by "magic" when anyone enters a room and this "magic" is actually real world human time saved for that individual entering said room. I encourage those intrigued by these words to do some of your own math on the time you spend where you reside turning on and off light switches. There will be those here that see it foolish to automate anything, any longshore men present here? There will be those here also that see some benefits to it but having lived in it for 20 years I will never live without it again. Stay Healthy!