A recent Theo.gg video recently got me thinking about the coming ecosystem of code.

I forked t3code days after it launched.

https://github.com/JerkyTreats/t3code-omarchy

Theo and team released T3Code as an open source response to some OpenAI equivalent that I know was only available on MacOS.

I know this because I didn't get to play with it, because I am done with Apple. We've broken up, I’ve moved out, I'm with Omarchy now and we’re very happy together.

Omarchy is an opinionated Linux distribution that answers a simple question: “What if Arch users were even MORE insufferable?”

It's the kind of accomplishment that only DHH could bring into the world.

As much as I hate to say it though, many of his opinions are actually just objectively correct.

And those opinions have resulted in a distro that captures a real sense of joy.

It captures that holy shit feeling I got back in the brew install foo MacOS days. Those days are gone. Tim Cook will not be bringing them back.

Both T3Code and Omarchy are open source, and I immediately started tinkering with my T3 clone.

Annnd now I maintain a fork that follows the Omarchy design language and adds whatever random features I have dictated.

One such example feature is the “inference dashboard” when you click on a project:

Of course we should be summing the total token burn on a per-project basis. Knowing this is a 1.1B fork means something. Sure most of that token burn is cache but the unsubsidized input/output token cost of this fork is what, $300?

By the way, we’re going to have to have a real conversation on token cost soon. The economics here are wild.

Here's the thing, for this fork: accpeting_upstream: true, sending_upstream_pr: false, human_code_review: never

So how does a good idea win?

This is a real world use case for Theo's “patch.md” idea, of which I had to watch TWO ads for.

The “patch.md” idea is an implementation proposal for what can be crystallized as a “Federated Open Source Platform”.