As someone who's relatively new to tiling window managers (I've used manual ones like Divvy and Moom quite a bit though): is this approach only really effective

As someone who's relatively new to tiling window managers (I've used manual ones like Divvy and Moom quite a bit though): is this approach only really effective with large monitors? I've given Amethyst and other WMs a shot in the past and been instantly annoyed when they automatically tucked away windows into unusably small configurations. Is this part of the learning curve and addressed by proper configuration, or should be avoiding this for use on small screens? e.g. a MB Air 13"