I feelings confident I’m building devices that are connected to main. I have extensive training und practice for this, but yes, in general for most hobbyists, I would not recommend this

Because those devices may have a power line but not always an outlet in reach. Some of them will be put behind Walls or ceilings

I never did. In my 25 years of using and working with computers, my only social media accounts where Twitter (deleted since 5 years), reddit (deleted) and now the fediverse.

And I never give people my private mobile number if I know that they use meta apps

I was a DBA for over 10 years. Postgresql is superior to mssql in most ways. Especially replication.

But that does not mean that mssql is bad. MySQL is, oracle is.

Oh no! Don’t do stonks! Look how bad they are for you!

Tuya requires cloud access and the API’s are on their way to be paid only.

Only use tuya zigbee. Keep away from wifi devices at all costs!