I’m sorry but you can totally control the margin size in LaTeX if you learn the right incantation

backslash UsEpAcKaGe letterpaper H-maaaaaaargin point seventy-niiiiiine inch brackets GEOOOOOMETRY

then you spread the entrails slightly and stab towards the sky. Really don’t see what the big fuss is all about.

Honestly, I would recommend the audiobook over the book; having someone else figure out how to say the special names makes it much easier to keep track of them in your mind, I find