[theshrike79]

Have you looked into AppDaemon or Pyscript, both provide a Python interface to HA.

They let you use HA's massive library of supported devices, but you don't need to bother with their YAML "programming" horrorshow.

[BeefWellington]

I haven't because what's described didn't really suit my needs. I can run my own daemon that will handle the integration with MQTT, and that's all I needed.