Count me in with the group that’s not been able to find the appeal in tiling WMs. For more automatic setups I find myself “fighting” them a lot, and for manual setups I’m micromanaging windows much more than I do with a typical floating WM.

My preferred setup is a floating WM with dual monitors, with each monitor’s virtual desktops being fully independent (so switching one doesn’t switch the other), which allows using the desktops to create “windowsets” that can quickly be switched between. This is by far the least micro-managey arrangment I’ve used, with windows rarely being moved or resized once set up. Practically zero mental overhead, it’s very nice.