Add blog about streamlining experiences (#21245)

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+title: "Streamlining Experiences"
+description: "In 2022 we will focus on making "
+date: 2022-01-19 00:00:00
+date_formatted: "January 19, 2022"
+author: Paulus Schoutsen
+author_twitter: balloob
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+With Home Assistant the last few years we’ve been focusing on making things easier, stable, and faster. More things can be managed via the UI, most YAML-based integrations can be reloaded without restarting and if something breaks, safe mode and built-in backups have your back.
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+We have amazing contributors who work on making Home Assistant better every single day. However, you can’t keep growing by adding new things in the same structure. An interface made for 4 items will become confusing once the 10th item is added (like our profile page). A veteran Home Assistant user might be fine because they have seen the growth feature by feature and know exactly where to find what. For new users it is overwhelming.
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+For 2022 the motto will be “streamlining experiences”. We want to better organize and integrate all the different features that make up Home Assistant.
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+For example, there should be a built-in way, for both YAML and the UI, to easily send a notification with a camera snapshot to your phone, pick a song to play for an automation, or use text-to-speech to notify you when something is happening. All these things are possible today but require too much knowledge of how the various parts work.
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+We’ll have 11 releases this year and each release should streamline more things.
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+Have a good and healthy 2022 and see you at our first release on February 2!
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+Paulus