Trouble figuring out stash caching / parse order

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I have a complex template, fully cached.
The only thing I don't want to cache is a list of random testimonials
that has to change every time the page is loaded.

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Some things I would like to understand, pretty please

1. when just using the {stash:nocache} tags, the list is set AFTER the getters are processed, which sound normal given the oignon thing
2. To correct that, I used process=end on the get_list
3. That works as expected but my conditionals are not parsed. Had to add parse_conditionals="yes" for it to work ... which I never knew I could do (didn't find it in the doc)

Am I overcomplicating this ? Is there an easier way to do it ?

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{!-- stash caching --}
{exp:stash:cache bundle="mybundle"}

  {!-- layout used --}
  {stash:embed:layouts:page}

  {!-- set testimonials and don't cache (randomized: need to change on each page load) --}
  {stash:nocache}
      {exp:stash:set_list name="testimonials" parse_tags="yes"}

        {exp:channel:entries disable="categories|category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks" channel="testimonials" status="open" orderby="random" dynamic="no" limit="3"}
          {stash:st_text}{cf_testimonial_text}{/stash:st_text}
          {stash:st_author}{cf_testimonial_author}{/stash:st_author}
          {stash:st_function}{cf_testimonial_function}{/stash:st_function}
        {/exp:channel:entries}

      {/exp:stash:set_list}
  {/stash:nocache}

  {!-- Build page content --}
  {exp:stash:set name="content"}
        
        {stash:nocache}
          {!-- Get random testimonials--}
          {exp:stash:get_list name="testimonials" prefix="stashprefix" process="end" parse_conditionals="yes"}

            {if stashprefix:count == 1}<ul>{/if}
              <div class="testimonial">
                <blockquote class="testimonial__quote"><p>{stashprefix:st_text}</p></blockquote>
                <p class="testimonial__author">{stashprefix:st_author}</p>
                <p class="testimonial__function">{stashprefix:st_function}</p>
              </div>
            {if stashprefix:count == stashprefix:total_results}</ul>{/if}
            {if stashprefix:no_results}<p>No Testimonials Found</p>{/if}

          {/exp:stash:get_list}
        {/stash:nocache}

  {/exp:stash:set}

{/exp:stash:cache}

It does make sense. Thanks for the thorough explanation ... I just like to get to the bottom of those things instead of just figuring them out so it works ;o)

Will probably take the route of the single {stash:nocache} pair with setters and getters. Sometimes I feel I am too stuck in my ways of separating logic from display in my templates. I generally code templates with all setters at the top without any HTML and then getters with HTML output (not going the full MVVM route yet).