I've never understood "Pose Dots" I just can't wrap my head around how to use them.

What I do is save the scene as a new file name after each change I make to it. I do an initial save. Then as I add each element I do another save.  This way if I need to go back in time I can pick anywhere in the process.  I find this particularly helpful when  working with dynamic clothing.  When I'm finished with the project I usually delete all of the working files, but if I needed to save it, I could just delete all but the first and last .pz3.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi