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Smart Home Setup: What We Automate, What We Took Out
In this episode Liz explores their historic timber‑framed house and shares a practical framework for deciding which devices truly belong in a smart home.
She introduces four tests—removes a recurring decision, works without a phone, fails safe, and adds no screen—to evaluate automation.
Liz walks through real examples of what runs on its own (heating schedules, timer lights, coop door, greenhouse vent, recurring orders, reminder board) and what didn’t pass the tests (voice assistant, smart bulbs, robot vacuum, hydroponic wall).
She also discusses the importance of protecting attention zones…
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