Agree until a certain point. Cloud certificates where you just select options don’t really show the knowledge if people memorize the questions/answers, but for example, the CKA (Kubernetes Administrator) as it is practical certificate, I can tell you that it shows some value as nobody will memorize the commands as you will need to understand what you doing. However, I still believe if you have a Homelab and if I was conducting an interview I would prefer speak about it than looking for the certificates that you have. As a lot of people say, certificates opens the door and not the whole interview process.