golden-ratio is very convenient. I also split the frame to two windows at most, and most of the times i focus on one window, and the other window takes just 25% of the screen space.
What i have not found a solution yet, is when one window is expanded to 75% of space, then it collapses to 25%, the notes i wanted to focus on get moved up or down. After some trial and error i put my cursor somewhere downward not far from the text i want to be displayed, and most of the time it gets displayed after collapsing the space.
I have yet to figure out how to select a region, and golden ratio keep that in display after rebalancing.
I think zoom-mode is the more recommended package for this functionality nowadays, but I will defer to someone who knows more. I just know golden-ratio was a little jank when I tried it recently, but zoom works well.