Reminder that edge cases after a year

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. 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.

Quick context: I am relatively new to this and trying to find my footing. I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts. Looking for honest feedback, not validation.

Maybe an unpopular opinion but here we go.