smart-home

A Smarter Light Switch Without the Cloud

How a local-first switch becomes usable in daily life instead of falling apart across apps.

The interesting question in smart home is rarely whether something can be automated. The more relevant question is whether it still feels sensible after two weeks.

That means a good light switch needs:

  • local response times
  • clear manual control
  • solid fallback behavior

If a setup only feels good in the perfect app scenario, it is usually already lost in everyday use.

Work in progress