Weekly discussion: unpopular opinions — what would you do? [v1]

Looking for honest feedback, not validation. For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land. Mostly thinking out loud — feel free to push back hard.

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go. Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not.

I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.