You’ll need a ZigBee dongle. I have a Conbee III but there’s a few options out there.

I recommend Phillips Hue bulbs, but add them directly to ZHA and skip the Hue hub. Their bulbs are the best I’ve tried, and they’ve been perfectly stable for me on ZHA.

You can “adopt” Philips Hue bulbs into ZHA and ditch the hub entirely. I agree they have the best bulbs, but using their hub was a no go for me. Happy to report they’ve been working perfect directly on ZHA.

The authors still should have used the the correct term “sharking” in the headline instead of randomly throwing gooners under the bus, apparently just because it’s a term people would actually recognize.