The Things is an open-source hardware (OSHW) development tool that makes it easy enough even kids can build cool stuff with their parents! I like how simple they make things in this OSH world of ours - you could literally have someone who's never built anything before get up & running building something super useful within minutes without having tons or technical knowhow about electronics/hardware etcetera..
There isn't much one needs outside what has been made available through tutorials online by other users as well but all good so far :) Great starting point when getting into creating smart devices using microcontrollers such Arduino boards which are quite expensive otherwise! As always there will be situations where certain features won’t work / not supported out off box due limitations from manufacturer itself though sometimes these aspects do improve over time too!! So keep going at them until everything works flawlessly ;) Creating small scale automation systems including remote control via mobile.