The right amount of technology in a home
Not zero, not everything — the useful middle nobody sells you.
The smart-home industry has one setting: more. Another sensor, another hub, another subscription. But a house is not a dashboard, and most of the automations people install are quietly switched off within a month.
The devices that survive are the boring ones — a good thermostat, a couple of reliable lights, a doorbell that just works. They disappear into the routine, which is exactly what a tool should do.
A simple test before you buy: if it stopped working tomorrow, would you miss it or feel relieved? Buy the first kind.