If you're an avid user of GNOME Shell extensions then a) you're in good company, and b) you'll be familiar with Matt Jakeman's terrific Extension Manager ...

I'll be passing on the Dash to Panel torch. Please let me know if you're interested in contributing to the project.

GNOME Tweaks and GNOME Extensions. That said, recent changes to GNOME’s architecture—specifically with GTK4 and Libadwaita for system applications—have made theming more challenging.