The Obvious Fix I Kept Overlooking
For days I had been fighting to get my SwitchBot Lock Pro talking to Home Assistant over Bluetooth, and I documented every dead end along the way.
Then the solution turned out to be sitting right in front of me the whole time. Matter, a shared standard that lets devices from different brands work together, made the detour unnecessary.
Sometimes you stare at a problem so long that you stop seeing the easy path next to it.