Leveling Up: Advanced Skills for Programming Smart Home Routines

I’ve been diving deeper into smart home automation lately, and while basic routines are easy, getting to truly *smart* requires some ​more advanced techniques. Things like ⁤using presence detection ‍beyond just “home” and “away”, incorporating ‌weather⁤ forecasts ⁢for adaptive lighting (dimming the lights ⁣earlier on cloudy​ days,‌ for example), and leveraging multiple sensor inputs for complex triggers. It feels like you ​quickly outgrow the ‌visual rule builders offered by most hubs.Anyone else found themselves needing ‍more powerful tools than simple If-This-Then-That setups?⁢ I’m starting to experiment ⁣with ⁢scripting languages⁣ like Python and Node-RED to achieve more granular control. Are there any particular resources or libraries you’d recommend for someone‌ looking to level up⁢ their smart home programming‍ skills?⁢ also, I’m ​curious about the best practices for debugging complex routines – it can‍ get ​pretty messy trying to figure out why​ a series of events isn’t firing‌ correctly!