At least for the lighting related concern, I personally use both Zigbee bulbs and switches. These can be bound together so the switch will directly tell the bul

At least for the lighting related concern, I personally use both Zigbee bulbs and switches. These can be bound together so the switch will directly tell the bulb to turn off/on without intervention of anything else. This results in a faster response and working light switches even when home assistant is down.