Is the meta — what would you do?

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go. Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have. For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land.

The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping. Looking for honest feedback, not validation. Looking for honest feedback, not validation.

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go. Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go.