Weekly discussion: community norms that changed my mind [v3]

This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks.

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks.

For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019.