I have one i3 desktop per git workspace. All terminals and artifacts associated with that git workspace stay on the associated desktop. The only exception are

I have one i3 desktop per git workspace. All terminals and artifacts associated with that git workspace stay on the associated desktop. The only exception are windows that need the entire screen, which get their own adjacent desktops. But for these I use the same desktop number always so it's easy to find. This way I spend almost no time searching for stuff in i3. Switching between desktops is like doing a full screen grouped alt-tab. So much faster. In fact I do this even in non i3 desktop environments, but i3 makes it a lot easier. However, I don't do things like email or document reading in i3, since I find that the less constrained traditional window environment is better for that. The other great thing about i3 is that it's is fast over remote desktop sessions, because the ui itself is so minimal.