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I started out running gnome, then got an extension called Forge which makes gnome into a pretty decent tiling WM, obviously it's gnome so you hit a block if you want tons of customisation past the bog standard
Recently tried out qtile which was not a pleasant experience, if there's an error in your config file the entire wm fails to start and it stopped NixOS from being able to hot reload config
I then tried hyprland which is absolutely gorgeous, and the config file is pretty simple and intuitive plus hot reload is a god send
TL;DR If you want a good enough tiler that just works out of the box and don't care about customisation too much go gnome+forge
If you're ok with spending a few days tinkering with your system and building it from the ground up go hyprland (I hear sway is very good too and more mature)