Recommendations for edge cases after a year [v3]

I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts. For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land.

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.

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.