> - smaller PRs aren’t necessarily easier to review (and this arbitrary obsession almost always leads to PR overload in chunks that don’t make any sense, reducing code quality as a result)

This is why I gave up reading the article shortly after reaching the point about making a history with commit messages. The comments—even if it is on a Git forum—will just be full of people that either say that it’s a waste of time or that it is literally impossible for this to be practiced by anyone.[1]

Your best bet is to find projects where this is practiced (and you don’t have to look far). But making the case to a general audience? No, too many loud voices that treat version control like “I am committing now because I need to pick up the dry-cleaning” arbitrary/random snapshot-maker.

[1] No one, period? Sounds like a bit of a strict ontological rule to me.