Gabe on some Shortcuts & Siri frustration:

Then I tried issuing the command through Siri on my HomePod. When the Shortcut does work, the timer is set, but not on my HomePod. It's set on my iPhone. In retrospect I guess this makes sense but it's not what someone wants when they spend hundreds of dollars on a smart speaker.

Yes, technically it makes sense that the alarm sounds on the iPhone, if you're nerdy enough to understand what a going on. But what if you're not? What if you are but you don't care? When you ask to the person in the can¹ to set an alarm, and the person in the can sets the alarm, you expect the can to sound the alarm