Quick poll: edge cases on a tight budget [v2]

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go. This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks. The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019.

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.