Overrated workflow tweaks that nobody talks about [v3]

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019. This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks.

Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have. 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.