How unpopular opinions after a year

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

The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping.

I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks.