01.
Your home is not a product. The intelligence inside it should serve the people who live there — no one else.
02.
Local-first means the lights still work when the internet goes down. That's not a feature. That's how it should be.
03.
Warmth doesn't require surveillance. A home can know your patterns without selling them.
04.
The hearth is the oldest technology. Still the best one. Present, reliable, there when you need it, quiet when you don't.