# The unbearable fussiness of the smart home - Stacey on IoT

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## What Jamie wrote

This article highlights exactly why we have very few smart home devices in our house. There are certain devices that make a ton of sense, like a thermostat. But things that you use frequently, and need instantaneous responses from, like light switches, I tend to avoid making "smart."

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT207: Weekly Thing #207 / Architecture, Contrarian, Storytelling](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/207/), Notable

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