While I kind of agree with the author&#x27;s position in general, I found the singling-out of the Leeo (which I had previously never heard of and thus have no horse in the race of its success) a bad example.<p>The way it is described in the article actually sounds pretty ideal to me in that it is not trying to insert all sorts of &quot;intelligence&quot; into the simple, well-understood solution that already exists in the form of a simple smoke alarm.  Rather, it is merely augmenting that solution in a way that is helpful but less mission critical, without integrating extra &quot;intelligence&quot; in a way that is likely to cause software-related problems.<p>See bradfitz&#x27;s video for an example of how &quot;intelligence&quot; can hamper something like smoke alarms if the entire system is integrated and &quot;smart&quot;.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=BpsMkLaEiOY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=BpsMkLaEiOY</a>