Tiling window managers have a learning curve, but once it clicks, going back to a floating desktop feels like a regression. Hyprland sits in a sweet spot that most compositors miss — it’s a dynamic tiler built natively for Wayland, with animations that actually look good without tanking performance, and a configuration system that doesn’t make you want to quit computing as a hobby.
The killer feature is how scriptable everything is. Window rules, workspace behavior, keybinds — it’s all plaintext config that you can version control and drop onto a new machine in minutes. Paired with Waybar and a solid dotfiles setup, it’s a desktop environment that genuinely gets out of your way. If you’re already on Arch and haven’t tried it, it’s worth an afternoon.
For more information on my config see my other post about my linux dev environment:
https://web225-massey.com/my-arch-linux-development-setup/