I detest cloud-based components, and have built my entire network on HA/Zigbee devices. I have a few Z-wave (because the devices weren't available in Zigbee), but I hate them because they constantly need to be re-synced.

I wanted to add a Christmas light display this year (I bought all of the necessary individually-addressable LED strips last year), but I just haven't had time to work on it. One day...