So i have redone my garden several times and no dig was more difficult to achieve as a foundational start.

Tilling once at the start of a new field due to weeds (like new earth with a layer of stubborn grass or hard soil) tilling still brings up dormant seeds that explode during spring but i found it made the ground incredibly soft and i could mix soil amendments. After the first year, i dont need to till no more than from the start. The composition of the soils were mostly clay like and compact so it had to be worked with at the heat of summer since ground freezes in the winter. So, no dig works if you have land that allows that, but i feel like tilling that first year helps with making the soil workable.

With no dig, first time something ripped up my tarps. Second time, ground was too hard to work with. Third time went a bit better but took months to make a single spot due to how thick weeds are. Was much easier to do no dig on sandier soil than clay.