For those curious:

The book is Entangled Life - How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures

Hehe, I’m still not convinced, but perhaps I could give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration though!

Whoa whoa whoa… Are you like very, very sure you made a toasted ham and cheese sandwich with… Suikerbrood? I’m 100% sure no Dutch person ever would dare to even think about abusing suikerbrood for that…

Source: I’m Dutch

You should give Home Assistant a go! It’s an open-source Home automation platform, managing all your smart home device from a single place. Being open source, it supports almost everything out there, and anything that is not supported out of the box is provided by the community.