fwiw i’ve gone back and forth in the hue bridge. started out with it, got rid of it, and then added it back. was having some Zigbee issues so went back.
given that you can restrict internet to the hub apart from the very negligible power it takes no reason to get rid of it IMO.
nice! numbering cards in the masonry view is super helpful, but lack of forcing number of columns is still a pain. this is a bandaid on a larger design flaw, but i’ll take it!