Remember the "Oma" in Omarchy
TL;DR: Don't fight the configurations the first time you try Omarchy, give it a couple of weeks and see how you enjoy what DHH has cooked for you. Add your own taste and opinions little by little.
The first time I tried Omarchy after I purchased a Beelink, I reconfigured every key binding, appearance, and shell. It worked "fine", but something felt missing; it felt like Omarchy was no different from any other Arch distribution I have used before (EndeavourOS, Manjaro, CachyOS).
And that was when I remember what Omarchy is, an omakase Arch Linux distribution. This is an excerpt from Omacom which explains the idea of Omakase:
Omacom stands for Omakase Computing. The word Omakase means "I'll leave it up to you" or "chef's choice" in Japanese. It doesn't mean there isn't room for substitutions. It doesn't mean you can't develop your own taste and opinions. It just means that when you're starting out, you don't even have to know what all the different options are to enjoy an integrated, cohesive computing experience.
Instead of trying to make things as familiar as my usual experience, I should have approached Omarchy in a different mindset, which is to enjoy and try out what DHH has prepared for me. Imagine trying to tell the chef when you are having an omakase dinner that you prefer the food to be cooked in a different way, that probably ain't a wise thing to do.
So I reinstalled my Omarchy and tried to use all the defaults for at least a couple of weeks, and oh man, what a pleasant experience it was. All the key binding have grown on me, and I LOVE all the small helper scripts Omarchy provides, like the install webapp shortcut. Also there's almost zero friction to make your stuff look good because the theming and appearance are all well-thought-out and well integrated. And mise is such a delight to use for managing your tools and development stuff, and it's probably enough for most people.
In the process I also have been adding my own taste and opinion little by little, like the editor I use (Doom Emacs), shell (Fish), screenshot app (Flameshot), and I just had to install Nix at some point because of devenv, which I use a lot for my work. But other than that most of the stuff uses the defaults.
One month has passed and Omarchy has definitely become my go-to Linux distribution replacing EndeavourOS, which I have been using for close to 4 years. And I have been recommending Omarchy to some of my friends and coworkers.
And thank you, DHH, for creating such a wonderful omakase experience. May Jesus bless you and your family :)