Quick poll: late-night thoughts (2026 edition) [v5]

This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks. Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have. The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping.

Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have. I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.