The current iteration of macOS was designed to make heavy use of spaces and Fullscreen apps. Notepad/finder/settings haphazard on a desktop space or 2 and every

The current iteration of macOS was designed to make heavy use of spaces and Fullscreen apps. Notepad/finder/settings haphazard on a desktop space or 2 and everything else fullscreen and use the trackpad gestures to switch between them. That's how the designers want you to use macOS. If you prefer windows style tiling you can get one of the third party window managers.