Really, XMonad does not need much configuration to be quite useful when combined with Gnome/XFCE. Also, there are many, many examples you can copy and paste. I'

Really, XMonad does not need much configuration to be quite useful when combined with Gnome/XFCE. Also, there are many, many examples you can copy and paste. I've been using it for 5+ years with minor adjustments - I wouldn't say I "know" Haskell. At all. Further, "xmonad --recompile && xmonad --restart" is not that taxing on the rare occasion you change your configuration.