Has anyone tried pros and cons worth the hype? [v1]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. Mostly thinking out loud — feel free to push back hard. 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. I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go.

There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019.