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There are really 3 main ways to approach best, and the right choice depends entirely on your situation.
**Option 1 — the modern alternative**
Works well when you're under time pressure. The trade-off: overkill for smaller projects.
**Option 2 — the traditional approach**
Better suited when you're starting fresh with no legacy constraints. Downside: requires more expertise to configure.
My honest take: for most people asking about best, **the modern alternative** is the safer starting point. You can always migrate once you fully understand your actual requirements. Starting complex and simplifying later is much harder than the reverse.
by rajeshghosh59412
Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about best will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 8 years of working with time has actually taught me.
Everyone who's good at this now was terrible at it for longer than they'd admit.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to building one real thing instead of more tutorials. After that, things started moving much faster.
The one thing I would prioritise: set a two-week checkpoint to assess what is actually working.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
by segunfashola