It's been at least a year since Bruce made me laugh, but that one did... thanks 
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Besides, I was replying to @dJOS, and we all know how flowery he can be, right? I mean, what's a little trolling between friends...
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Merry Christmas every one.... 
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Wait, are you wanting to shut the thread down? [OFF TOPIC]
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. Nah, all a bit of fun, just wouldn't want anyone to get too worked up about it.
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Simple - get her a user name on the forum! 
But in all seriousness even the Homey requires some level of effort for a beginner to come to grips with, there's no getting away from the fact that it's still programming after all, unless until someone incorporates some level of AI into their system that can react to natural language (at this time Skynet has gained sentience)
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too late, already did
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For my own contribution..... It has been a few years I think since I setup a new hub when I re-setup my old C-7 I migrated to my new C-8. Was a slick process with many more helpful pointers along the way. It's not something you do every day and so don't always know about all the improvements in this space.
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I'd like to see it in the news more. It's a fabulous product that it seems more mainstream publications ignore. (Not that it hasn't been in some but usually it's just a blurb)
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Agreed. I just set one up for a client and it took me a moment because it had been so long since I set one up from scratch. I think I'm gonna start factory resetting my dev hub during each beta now so I'm a bit more up to date.
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That is a valid point of view, however my wife is not technical at all. I bought her a MacBook back in 2013 because I was sick of fixing windows issues that she couldn’t figure out herself. It was the best move ever!
She’s loves our automated home, and as we are in our 40’s now, I’m not too concerned that I won’t be around suddenly. I guess I’m more interested in the future roadmap.
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This statement astounds me.
Just kidding.
But really, how much time did you spend learning to drive that new car or adapting it to your roads? Or that washing machine?
HE is the glue that is holding everything together in this house, automation-wise. There would be a lot of friction in moving to another platform, a lot of time & learning required, no guarantee of equivalent result, thus the interest I (and others I assume) have in HE's future plans (and future, period).
The hub is inexpensive but in this house, like elsewhere I imagine, every new automation is welcomed with an "ah you're playing with the Hubitat again...", thus any money spent on automation is associated with that device, right or wrong. So I am most certainly the only one living here who thinks the hub is inexpensive.
This topic is about anxiety ! 
Happy holidays.
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It’s true, everyone has different opinions on what the next shiny feature should be.
I’m not making any requests here, I was more curious to see if Hubitat had any intentions of investing in a visual automation system. The homey system is reminds me a lot of node red and on the surface looks powerful but easy to use.
I have zero intention of buying a homey (for starters, way too expensive IMO), but I do think some of their features are worth taking inspiration from.
/2c
It's a seasonal thing. . . the airing of differences.
Something for the rest of us. . .
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You hit the nail on the head! 
I’m definitely not being critical of Hubitat. And to be honest, my title was intentionally a bit click baity as I was interested to see other community members thoughts.
I would like Hubitat to be around for a long time. I’ve seen other companies (eg Vera) go down the crapper at a rapid rate because they ignored their passionate customer base. I don’t think that’s likely to happen to Hubitat tho.
I don't know, I haven't tried it.
We are always looking at ways to improve Hubitat Elevation. We've had a lot going on recently getting Matter working, and aren't done with that. There are other things in the works as well, extending the compatibility reach. There are efforts underway wrt new user experience as well. No end in sight of things to improve, extend, etc.,,, chasing the more more, more...
As to anything about road map, long term strategy, etc. you must know by now that we just don't talk about that stuff publicly. I realize some people are going to ask about it, but as someone pointed out above, while I'm happy to be candid about most things, some things are just not up for discussion.
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Admittedly, no. 
I only brought up RM in my what if I croaked scenario because that is where 95% of my automations run from.
That was funny!
Btw, @bravenel does Pete still work for Hubitat?
Yeah I can be very blunt at times, I usually try not to be, but sometimes my autism wins and I forget to be polite.
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