For my friends who play 1.e4 e5 (folks who don’t, but play 1.e4, please avert your eyes): whether or not you’ve seen this week’s Short-Efimenko game, this blog post by Michael Goeller is well worth reading.
(Please note that even if you meet the Italian with 3…Bc5, you may get to this position after 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5)