I want to praise the package mini-mode-line, which allows you to collapse your mode-line into your echo area. Saves you some screen estate (especially in multi-window setups), and also makes it easy to toggle the modeline on and off by playing with the format.

There are different ways to do all of that, sure, but I really like the way this package handles all of that—which is basically all I want out of a modeline. Discovering this package last month has been a nice change in my setup.

Thanks, u/kiennq!