For me, this release marks a turning point! Up until now, I considered much of the push around Gutenberg to be from believers equipped with a mission statement. This release is, for me at least, the first release that finally delivers on most of the promises and potential. It will enable a huge number of designs, including custom block patterns, block themes and dedicated designs. While offering modularity with a focus on simplicity to end users.

Beyond that, my enthusiasm these few last weeks is fueled by the mind-bending flexibility of Gutenberg, given a plugin/theme like Cwicly (from France). It enables FSE for professionals and allows tweaking all the aspects, but mostly it demonstrates the capabilities of the Gutenberg canvas as a true WYSIWYG editor (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNsm9BosGKw). It might not be everyone's wish to have that much ability for customization, but it surly exhibits the mentioned variability of the upcoming block-based foundation coming our way. Not only that, but it gets me finally excited about the long-term and immediate future of Gutenberg, starting with 5.9!