I have kind of a mixed strategy. I am working on getting better at increasing the continuous stitching and reducing the starts and stops where I can, but I don't stress too much about hiding the ones that are necessary for a particular design or section. I will start on the edge or in the ditch where possible, use continuous stitching where practical, and just stitch in place for a few stitches to start or stop where it is needed. Then I use the thread cutter function before moving to another spot to avoid snagging or sewing over the tails later. Then I hunt down the tiny tails later for closer trimming. So far, the stitches are holding up in the wash nicely and blending in just fine.