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It's the devices that is flaky. Some of the shitty bulbs I got don't always turn on in one command but that was true via their own app too. Basically shitty devices aren't magically better via home assistant.


> Basically shitty devices aren't magically better via home assistant.

I feel like half the griping about HA is people realizing all the hardware errata and physical reality bullshit embedded developers have to paper over on a daily basis.

E.g. no, you can't just read contact sensors without debouncing




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