If anyone is looking for a hacker-friendly IoT platform, I would suggest the Universal Devices ISY994 paired with Insteon dimmers and outlets. Sure, the platform and tech is ancient (best admin console is a Java applet) but it honestly works great and combines power line networking with a couple wireless protocols to seamlessly mesh your devices together. You own the device — while there is a license for updates, the device will work fine without them (and it’s a mature product so it’s mostly just new features).
The functionality can be controlled via scripting, and there are optional links to services like Alexa that give you a lot of control over what words will trigger scenes or scripts. Most of all, it just works — the device and software aren’t super complex, it’s just a triggering system that programs your non-IP devices and adds support for additional triggers and multiple scenes.
(I have no connection to this company other than as a pretty happy user).
The functionality can be controlled via scripting, and there are optional links to services like Alexa that give you a lot of control over what words will trigger scenes or scripts. Most of all, it just works — the device and software aren’t super complex, it’s just a triggering system that programs your non-IP devices and adds support for additional triggers and multiple scenes.
(I have no connection to this company other than as a pretty happy user).