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The trick is dialing the things in properly once, and then reaping the benefits over and over again.

e.g., my home is always vacuum-proofed. It automatically runs through all rooms except for the bedroom at night, finishing just before my alarm clock rings, then vacuuming the bedroom an hour after the last person's alarm clock has rung.

This way I never actually notice it, but the home is always perfectly clean as if by magic.

Similarly, if you use separate dishwasher detergent, antisurfactant and salt, and properly dial in your water hardness, it'll be able to clean everything no matter how dirty the dishes are. Including dried-on tomato sauce. Just put the dishes in, and they'll be clean the next day.

Of course it takes a bit of effort to set this up, but then it just works for a long time.

Similarly, I'm a big fan of handwriting software with care & focus on quality, which takes a bit longer at first, but then allows you to trust the software to continue running for years to come.

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I've done a lot of vacuum proofing, even getting the magnetic strips, but there's only so much you can do. Like it doing a little wheel around a chair leg is just not as great of a clean as if I moved that chair out of the way. My rugs have fringe so there's no stopping that. Cables I tend to have out have to go away.

And then of course, all the cat's toys.

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> And then of course, all the cat's toys.

This might be the next thing the robot vacuums all start working on. One has already released a first version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GykaEgNkkVQ

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It's definitely easier in a minimalist & tidy home. Our rugs have no fringes, cables are either rolled up or permanently installed & hidden, chairs are stored at night upside-down on the tables they belong to.

Sure, it's not perfect, but it's still really convenient.

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