Getting started - basic hardware

  1. So by using Broadlink rm pro as a gateway instead of the 433toMQTTto433 gateway, will the same device list still be compatible as described in the early attached thread?:
    https://community.home-assistant.io/t/433tomqttto433-gateway-device-list/7819

  2. If a good friend of yours would like to make a basic home automation, what architecture, software, platform and hardware (hubs/gateways…)would you recommend ?
    (:sunglasses:Your friend is from IT area, spent more than a decade programming on various languages, does have a soldering iron but unfortunately doesn’t have a lot of free time for diy struggling, not pricey, his basic needs are listed in my 1st post on this thread…hmmm, do I know this guy :wink: ?)
    …we are talking about 100m2 apartment (no long distances)

Thanks in advance…