Matplotlib offers constrained layouts:
https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide.html
which performs better than tight layouts:
https://github.com/matplotlib/cheatsheets/issues/30#issuecomment-655594205
At the same time, tight layout is known to trigger certain bugs. For example:
https://github.com/matplotlib/ipympl/issues/335
Here we remove all call to tight_layout in the toolbox. @carinanc @mercurio