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
https://www.cncf.io/phippy/the-childrens-illustrated-guide-to-kubernetes/