Best the meta (2026 edition) [v3]

The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping. Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks.

Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.