Never used arch but I share the same feeling for distro sometimes. A linux distro can either:
- Introduce a new way of doing things, or some big novelty
- Being a complete waste of time and effort The vast majority is the second case, but sometimes we are lucky and we get something new.
I understand but that’s not how I think when I develop something.
I usually try to find a tool, library, program or functionality that is missing. If I find something that does that already, I use it. If it is missing something or is not perfect, I try to contribute to it.
I strongly believe in joining efforts to build better tools and that software quality can soffer from too high fragmentation.