notes regarding my workflow and intended use of workspaces

workspaces layout

idea from the ThePrimeagen: designated workspace/label/desktop per app/purpose

workspace number	wm layout/mode
1. notes (stack: nvim, obsidian)	stack
2. music makeing - misc	stack
3. music making - daw	floating (workaround)
4. drawing (currently: gimp)	stack
5. music/audio listening	stack
6. comms (stack: emails, chats, av/calls)	stack
7. web browser	stack
8. terminal (primary; one-offs & tui apps can be anywhere)	stack
9. programming - misc (whatever is not in terminal)	stack
0. general - misc (catch-all)	stack

use this consistently accross all machines
- if something not applicable for a given machine, just don't have apps or screens present, but maintain absolute position/numbering of each screen
structure the above so that programs which i'm likely to use with one hand off of the keyboard (i.e. to use a trackpad, mouse, stylus, etc) are on the screens that allow for one hand (i.e. the one still on the keyboard) to navigate those screens
- for me, using peripherals with right hand, so put programs likely to be used with peripherals where my left hand can switch to them single-handedly (screens 1 to 5)

related to the layout above, my approach is to run almost every window in fullscreen
- note: on macOS, this is not mac's notion of fullscreen, which basically moves windows to new workspaces/desktops when going to fullscreen mode; instead, when i say 'fullscreen', the idea is taking up all of the normal screen (excluding the menu bar at the top of the screen)
key bindings are set for moving window focus up/down (vim style: mod + k/j)
- the mental model here is that every fullscreen window is in a stack, so i can move focus up and down the stack (and i try to maintain consistent order in stacks, e.g. in the comms workspace, email is always on the bottom and chat apps are above)
for apps with tabs, pair the above mental model of a stack with a mental model of a circular list being in any position in that stack
- so, keybindings are also set for previous/next tab (vim style: mod + h/l)
- specifically, mod+h is mapped to ctrl+shift+tab and mod+l is mapped to ctrl+tab, so it should work anywhere ctrl+tab and ctrl+shift+tab work
all this said, it is better to keep things simple when possible and avoid having too many windows and/or tabs open at one time; however, with the designated purpose for each workspace and the mental models above, it rarely takes me long to find what i need

if i want a particular browser window, i jump to workspace 9, then move focus up or down until i get to the window i want; if the window is right but i need a different tab, i then just move "right or left" through my tabs
if i want a particular music-playing app/tui, i jumpt to workspace 4 and move focus up or down as needed to find it
variation case: if i want a particular terminal workspace, i jump to workspace 8, but then i'm in tmux land and navigate via the methods i've set up for tmux