Re:The Midwit Smart Home
by mason55 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:30PM
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> HA in particular makes it very easy to chose how to install
This is the problem with lots of stuff similar to HA when it tries to break into a non-enthusiast audience: people don't WANT to choose how to install it. Most of the time they have no clue why they would choose one thing over another and giving them those choices is confusing and overwhelming.
It's like starting a an intro to Nix tutorial with by asking if the user wants to enable flakes.
I say this as a very active user of HA & Nix for 5+ years.
This is the problem with lots of stuff similar to HA when it tries to break into a non-enthusiast audience: people don't WANT to choose how to install it. Most of the time they have no clue why they would choose one thing over another and giving them those choices is confusing and overwhelming.
It's like starting a an intro to Nix tutorial with by asking if the user wants to enable flakes.
I say this as a very active user of HA & Nix for 5+ years.