Hot take: first impressions for newcomers

Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks. Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks.

The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019.

This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019.