I once tried to backport a package on Debian stable because I really wanted to run xwayland-satellite on Niri and I ended up breaking the system. I was using stable debian as-is since then, before switching to Arch.

I suggest you install the stable version (since stability and predictability are the main features of Debian). If you need the latest packages go Arch (or any other rolling-release distro).

yup. I was tempted to give Hyprland a try but noped out for political reasons.

how dare you