Tonight I built my first smart light by combining an ESP8266 controller with a strip of WS2812B LEDs. The controller came preloaded with Tasmota so integration into Home Assistant was a snap. That said, it was supposed to have been loaded with WLED and I plan on converting it this week.

The purpose of this build is to add backlighting to my center monitor which, in turn, will help brighten up its corner of the room.

Update:
Switching to WLED went perfectly and the light works great now!