Recommendations for unpopular opinions worth the hype? [v4]

I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Mostly thinking out loud — feel free to push back hard. I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts.

I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land. I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right.

Quick context: I am relatively new to this and trying to find my footing. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019.