I wrote this in the regular forums and they deleted it and told me to write it here because it was dealing with unreleased software. I read that Launchpad is disappearing in Tahoe and I have real concerns about that. For me, that is an accessibility issue. I have both memory problems and scanning problems. So having my apps organized into categories is extremely important to me. Just today I needed to find an app that I didn't remember the name of and I rarely use, but when I need it, it is important to me. Just to see if I could find it without launchpad, I scanned my applications folder and I couldn't find it. I went to launchpad and to the category I knew it was in and it was right there, easy for me to find. Please don't take away our organization options.
Tahoe Launchpad
You should post a bug report.
If enough people request it, may be it could come back ? Otherwise, it is likely than an app will be available with the same and even extended capabilities.
Maybe a good app idea for you ? 😉
You can try to post it onto Apple Feedback, see if there is enough people, if not it will be like System Preferences to System Setting. Actually it isn't that bad using spotlight. Good luck