Just switch to sway. As far as I know, the config should be compatible (if you swap the complex utils for Wayland ones). But I haven’t tried it (I do use river and really like it though, so I do recommend sway).

Edit: see this:https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/i3-Migration-Guide

Well, tiling window managers exist.

But humans attacking gorillas and getting their organs ripped out are a different story.