My mom's dark patio has astilbe that pops with red flowers every summer. @the_hannah is spot on about shade making plants show their best colors. I threw some dead nettle under a bush and it spread like crazy.

Tbh, that "repeatable process" bit hits home. My uncle used to make sauerkraut in a crock without any gadgets, just by feel. One summer, the whole batch went fizzy and weird because his basement temp spiked. He swore off old methods after that and got a basic fermentation lid with a valve.

See, that sounds like a part time job waiting to happen. Are we gonna get a spreadsheet for how many minutes everyone showers or count squares of toilet paper? My old roommate tried that and we spent more time arguing over the electric bill math than we did using the electricity. Sometimes simple is just better, even if it's not perfectly fair.