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I think that’s a pretty common theme for home assistant projects. I’ve been known to take things way too far on several occasions.
it's a never ending rabbit hole. my goal now is to never touch a light switch.
already have my office and bathroom turn on via PIR sensors (using ESPHome), gonna buy a ton since they are so cheap