Hahaha ! I fear not the Warriors of the Keyboard ! <| sep |> IFTTT is a web app that stands for If This Then That . You link the site to systems or other websites then produce applets . Example I have an google calendar for shift working , rather than manually switch off lights I can tell ifttt to switch off lights on certain days of the month based on my calendar . You can ' t do that as easily with the built in routines . Other things might be , blink lights if you get an email or similar . My lights downstairs fade up around 6 am as my daughter wakes up not long after that most days . They come on 1 hour before sunset and change at certain times based on activities . Example watching TV . For me it ' s making technology work for me and the family . We never come home to a dark house , or wake up in the morning and scramble for a light switch .