One thing that has kept me on dwm for so long is that my patched configuration no longer needs any more changes and I take it with me wherever I go. it was challenging but rewarding.

Never an upgrade needed.

I eventually want to go to Wayland and River seems nice!

Also might want to give https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl a shot for dwm in Wayland

How’s the stability of bspwm for you? It used to be my go-to but I think multiple monitors would make it crash when I used it years ago.