Recommendations for first impressions that nobody talks about [v4]

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

The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping. Quick context: I am relatively new to this and trying to find my footing. Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go.

Mostly thinking out loud — feel free to push back hard. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019.