// omarchy outreach · a series by fred nix
Meet the people
building on Omarchy.
Telecom veterans, designers, data leaders and first-time Linux users. One-on-one conversations about how an opinionated Arch + Hyprland setup gave them their hands back, and what they are building with it.
4interviews
3countries of origin
18booked next
12shared themes
arcs = shared tools / themes · dashed = origin → home
● builder ◆ origin · drag to spin
● builder ◆ origin · drag to spin
// latest builder
builder #04 · interviewed Oct 12, 2026
Yasir Malik
Commodore 64 kid turned robotics engineer, MBA and data leader who taught himself VBA, SQL and Python, and now runs AI agents like a team.
“this thing got me hooked on how I used to be when I was a kid”read the story →
// the builders
Rock stars, in order of appearance
#01
Lee Shand
Nashville area, TN · from United Kingdom
“the way that I've been, um, significantly more productive has been when I installed Omarchy”codexclaude-codehermes
#02James Tervit
Singapore · from Glasgow, Scotland
“if I don't know any other application that's better than the terminal, um, it's my go-to.”MacBook Pro 2017cloudflare-tunnelproxmox
#03Michael Hurley
Canton, NC
“Linux felt like a toy until Omarchy 3, really. And then it was, okay, I can use this for work.”omadesignt3codeblip
#04Yasir Malik
Near Toronto, ON · from Pakistan
“this thing got me hooked on how I used to be when I was a kid”ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021herdrcodex
// the arc so far
What they share
- 4/4 Agents run as a teamOne model plans, another does, another checks. Each builder got there on their own.
- 4/4 AI removed the implementation wallThe loudest Omarchy fans are veterans and non-coders with decades of ideas who got their hands back.
- 3/4 Cost-aware model routing, invented independentlyPick the cheapest model that can do the job, and let usage decide.
- 3/4 Filling the app gaps that kept people on MacThe community is rebuilding the Mac reasons one app at a time.
- 3/4 It feels like being a kid againFirst computers, BBS nights and dial-up at 5am. Nostalgia plus community is the emotional core.
// data lab
4 of 4 share "Agents run as a team"
Similarity of every pair of builders, computed from shared themes, tools, languages, models, hardware and previous OS.
every chart →// up next
18 more conversations booked
Names stay private until each person has their own page.