Hey, we’re Dave and Chris! And not long ago, we were right where you are now.

Weekends lost to broken automations. Endless forum rabbit holes. Family members asking, "Can’t we just have normal lights again?"

We weren’t new to tech. Dave’s a software architect. Chris runs mission-critical IT systems. We build reliable infrastructure for a living, yet our smart homes were fragile messes we couldn’t trust.

Today, our automations work. Updates don’t break things. Our families actually use the smart home (and like it!). And we finally get our weekends back.

The strategies in this system are exactly what we used to get there. No YAML wizardry. No burnout. Just setups that work the way they should’ve from the start.