Thanks for the shout. There are lots of people who are super helpful in the forums, I just stand out because Iām interested in the protocols, which most people could care less about.
As far as local processing, I agree, we should take that conversation elsewhere. There is an existing thread about local processing and smart things which would be a good place for the architecture question.
Continuing the discussion from What's the deal with Nest?: Correct. I was answering this question below in the global sense. i.e., There will always be the possibility of various benefits available to Official Device Handlers and SmartApps that are not available to un-certified Community Developed ones. At the moment, the local processing benefit is inapplicable to Nest in either case. Iām not sure ST has guaranteed that community developed SmartApps/Device Types will be included in local processing right after certification. Yes, it may be included down the road, and this is not yet clear on how or what the process is to enable community developed stuffs to run locally.
As for hubitat, one of the most interesting ideas is that several people are planning to use it as an add on to smartthings, just to give them a place to do local processing for some specific use cases. So I would take those conversations to that thread:
https://community.smartthings.com/t/hubitat-elevation-hub-home-automation-that-is-local/117107