Why I traded my custom "Opinionated Linux" for Omarchy

I've been using Omarchy as my main setup since June 26, 2025, the day DHH released the first version. Before that I had my own custom Opinionated Linux, mclovin-ARCHived : an Arch + i3wm installer set up exactly the way I liked. It was total control over the OS: me deciding what goes in, keeping every piece (i3wm, polybar , picom , kitty , dotfiles) up to date and making sure they all talked to each other for the whole OS to keep working. It did the job, but it was costly to keep up to date: alw