For small programs and scripting, Node is amazing. I've even written some CLI utilities in Node as standalone executables. I think most people who bash it have either never used it, or haven't used it lately.
I have no experience with Miyoo, but people love their stuff. Personally, I really like everything I've gotten from Anbernic. I just bought a couple of their new wireless controllers and they're great.
That one's tough. I went in blind when the steam version released and had a blast. The actual "game" part is not challenging once you figure out the basics. The fun of it is the stories that spring up that are mostly out of your control.
So, I'd say going in blind, but being open to asking questions or googling specific things is a great way to play it.
If they drove their personal vehicles with their license plates, they might be identifiable by the public. I know I'd try to figure out who the vehicles belonged to.
Ok, if you have Home Assistant, what does Homekit do for you? I really don't know because I don't own any Apple products, and all of my home automation is either completely home brew, or Home Assistant.
This whole thread is pretty triggering to me. People think that if the recipe is exact enough, it'll come out perfect the first time and they won't have to make any tweaks sure to their ingredients, their equipment, or the environment.
There's a reason why I generally won't make a recipe for the first time for guests.
I use https://ntfy.sh/ for a lot of stuff and I don't see anyone talk about it. I recently wrote a container to poll RSS feeds and send push notifications via ntfy https://github.com/chunkystyles/rssToNtfy