i3 and dwm have a system of tabs/tags, which are kind of like virtual desktops/workspaces. The default keybinds are something like windows+0 to see tag 0, windo

i3 and dwm have a system of tabs/tags, which are kind of like virtual desktops/workspaces. The default keybinds are something like windows+0 to see tag 0, windows (called "mod") + 1 to see tag 1, etc. mod + f will make the current window fullscreen. It's portably possible to make a script to launch all the applications you want in their specific tags, make them fullscreen, and then disable the fullscreen switch. This also reminds me of an article where someone explained that they replace their use of alt+tab with various keybinds because alt+tab depends on what applications are currently open and where you are, whereas a keybind can be "alt+w will open show me my web browser, or open it if it's not open". In that case too the idea was to not have to search for your windows.