Show & tell: workflow tweaks that nobody talks about [v1]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.

I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.

Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have. I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right.