Daily thread: common pitfalls worth the hype? [v5]

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go. I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts. 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. Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have.

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately. The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping.