I recently started myself. Debugging in the real world is tedious for my wife sometimes, but it just needs some fine tuning. I still have a cloud doorbell, sadly, because that’s what I had in the before times. Also I’d still like to find a good solution for multi room audio. All in all I am not at all disappointed with what is possible both on web and in the android app.
I was thinking of routing my own external access but decided to just let it run thru Nabu Casa to support their work with a subscription.
Oh yeah the dashboards are no issue for her. She understands most of the workflows I create. But a while back I installed the Sonoff SNZB-06P in the living room and the lights would suddenly turn off because she didn’t move. And I’m still working on thermostats since the main one can’t communicate with the TRV’s.