Yes, I understand LUTS come with a big “caveat emptor” sign that flashes red.
My use of darktable is very narrow and constrained: to convert pics I take of people into B&W. Toward that the primary modules I relied on were Color Balance RGB (presets to make colors vivid or for natural skin tone) followed by Color Calibration (where I use a B&W film emulation preset–e.g., Fuji Acros, Ilford Delta) followed by (occasionally) Contrast Equalizer followed by (almost always) Tone Equalizer.
I’m finding I have more options with emulating B&W films with LUT 3D.
My understanding is my use of LUT 3D in that way would mean there is no need for Color Bal RGB and Color Calibration (in the sequence outlined above) and I can use Contrast and Tone Equalizers (again, as in the sequence above).
Could I be mistaken?