Reminder that community norms that nobody talks about

I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have. I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts.

This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks. I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Looking for honest feedback, not validation.

I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.