Looking for this approach worth the hype? [v2]

I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go.

There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019. Looking for honest feedback, not validation. Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go.