Quick poll: this approach for newcomers [v1]

I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts. 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.

Mostly thinking out loud — feel free to push back hard. Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have.