I felt the same way about HA. Here's a comment thread that changed everything for me (I just haven't gone all in yet) https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/q1vd28/hubitat_vs_home_assistant_my_comments/hfk88tt

These are the Cree bulbs I have https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01701DL52/

And I just got one of these, but I haven't played with it yet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0896T3XZ5/ (it's wifi, so I probably won't keep it... Especially since the sengled bulbs are doing well so far.) I was just buying several options to give me things to play with for colored LEDs

Ikea's smart home stuff is with the lighting (except maybe the automated window blinds). They also have a "driver" of sorts that allows all of their light strips to be controlled with smart home stuff. I haven't played with this either because I missed the part about the power cord being sold separately 🤦

Hope that helps you!