I am by no means a luddite, and hope to enjoy the fruits of civilization and society for as long as it will let me. But I have started picking up a bunch of skills in order to maintain and build anew, devices and tools that will no doubt become unnecessarily bloated in the future.

I already have some rudimentary electronics skill, so it's mostly been metalworking, such as welding and machining. I have a 3D printer as well, I'm not against PLA for replacement plastic parts and not against using technology I have full control over as a means to my ends.

Don't need to buy a smart faucet if I can build my own very ordinary faucet.