three apps, two remotes, and a four second cold start to switch off a light or drop the ac two degrees. the hardware was fine. the software between me and the hardware was the problem.
wiz bulbs speak a simple protocol on the local network, so talking to them directly skips the round trip to a cloud service entirely. the ir blaster covers the ac and everything else older than wifi, so one interface reaches the whole room.
one screen, one tap, no account. the smallest useful thing i have built, and the one i use most.
what it looks like
