Go with the latest or very close to the latest. I would say anything prior to 2023 was unusable (unless you stay on classic ui). We are doing ok on 2023.2. I’m looking forward to taking advantage at some of the improvements in 2024.
Your best bet would be to check here often to see anyone discussing any major bugs, such as this nasty one Elevated License Usage Between Version 2023.2.25 and 2023.2.26