So I've come across some professional advice on the greater wider internets that suggest that for dialogue, 'said' or 'asked' should be used more often (or absolutely over) than descriptive words such as "pondered", "whispered", "bellowed", "mused", "inquired", and so forth.

Admittedly, that's something I really struggle with because I go to great lengths to avoid using the same word over and over (same case with pronouns, too), so I use a lot of these descriptive "voices", let's call them. But the article I read states readers usually glaze over these descriptions when they go through dialogue anyway, so using anything other than "said" is pointless.

What's your opinion on the matter? Do you think it's really more effective to simply use 'said' all the time? I'm wondering if that's something I need to change in my own writing style...