I use irrigation and honestly, dont see the merit in dynamic control. Some el’ cheapo timers off Amazon switch the water on and off on a schedule. Yeah maybe you want to worry about rain days, but to me I don’t really care, whatever they get more water. I’d rather spend that home automation budget on something more useful to me.
You are asking the best way to do something, they are replying the best way to do something. Sometimes with technology you need to actually learn something.