The "Best" datasource for PowerApps

I give lots of credit for the folks doing Power Platform videos on YouTube.  I too sometimes grab them as a reference.  However, Shane Young did a video a few days back that was just terrible.  My comment in response to him was a little snarky (which he left up and responded to), but then I went into detail of why his delivery on this was wrong.  That comment was deleted (not by me).

So here is my own version of his terrible take on: the best datasource for PowerApps.

To just jump to the answer, it is SharePoint.

I'm sorry.

Starting Your App: Splash Screen vs. OnStart

Microsoft revamped how they handle the OnStart event for PowerApps last year (2022) and they made some additional tweaks this spring.  This has led some people to messing around w/ an array of methods using OnStart and StartScreen and just causing themselves no end of headaches.  Ultimately, there is one way you should start your application, and that is with a Splash Screen that does all of this in one place.