qtile was an adventure, but dwm is still my favorite.

_desktop/_suckless/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h

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+//Modify this file to change what commands output to your statusbar, and recompile using the make command.
+static const Block blocks[] = {
+  /*Icon*/	/*Command*/		/*Update Interval*/	/*Update Signal*/
+  {"Mem:", "free -h | awk '/^Mem/ { print $3\"/\"$2 }' | sed s/i//g",	30,		0},
+
+  {"", "date '+%b %d (%a) %I:%M%p'",					5,		0},
+};
+
+//sets delimeter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter.
+static char delim[] = " | ";
+static unsigned int delimLen = 5;