Zeus has gotten quite painless as well.
And when Blixt finishes adding necessary features (like watchtowers) we'll really be cooking with gas.
I do want to set up an always on node so I can dispense with the use of cashu for zaps but my Knots machine is a raspberry pi and I really don't trust its horsepower. I do have LND running on it though, and was thinking of using it as a watchtower.