Recommendations for this approach (2026 edition) [v3]

Looking for honest feedback, not validation. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.

Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have. Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not.

I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts. Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks.