[jemmyw]

I know your reply will be something along the lines of "shouldn't need to do this" but if you're constantly annoyed by the animations there's a terminal command to change the setting so they run very fast or not at all. I have a script to run after a fresh install of macos that speeds up the animations, fixes keyboard repeat, and a bunch of other tweaks to make it more to my liking.

[lynndotpy]

My understanding was that required disabling MacOS's SIP... But a quick search shows me I was mistaken. I appreciate the reply, I'm going to go give it a try.

I don't mind needing to disable the animations, I know it's a useful UI language that most people appreciate. Even on GNOME, Android, Windows, etc. they are on by default.

[lynndotpy]

An update, it seems very few of the recommendations floating around out there work :( The only thing it seems I can change is the dock appear/disappear speed.