Omarchy Stories
006 Eduardo Martinez - Bringing Omarchy to the Mac
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Eduardo Martinez is a 22-year-old engineer bringing Omarchy to the Mac while using AI to build nearly everything around him. He explains how he created Try Omarchy to make Omarchy easy to test, why virtualization beats dual-boot for most users, and what it takes to get Touch ID, the Touch Bar, webcams, and video acceleration working on unsupported hardware.
If you're curious about Omarchy, reverse engineering, or what becomes possible when deep technical intuition meets frontier AI models, this one goes deep fast. Eduardo also walks through his development stack, from Codex to Zed, and explains why he believes the way we build software is changing in real time.
Eduardo started coding at 12, did full-stack work at 14, studied at 42 school, and moved through startups, side projects, and AI automation. That background gives him a sharp view on the difference between learning to code and learning to build software, especially now that agents carry so much of the workload.
Basti pushes on the bigger question: what should future engineers actually learn, and what still matters when AI handles most of the implementation? The result is a practical, forward-looking conversation about software, hardware, and the pace of change.
LINKS:
Basti
https://basti.net
https://x.com/bastidotnet
https://www.youtube.com/@bastidotnet
Omarchy Stories
https://omarchystories.org
https://x.com/omarchystories
https://www.youtube.com/@omarchystories
Eduardo Martinez
https://x.com/martiano
https://github.com/themartiano
https://github.com/omacom/try-omarchy
https://omarchy-mx-mac.org
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction: Eduardo and the Omarchy Project
00:34 Eduardo's Background and Building Try Omarchy
01:39 How to Try Omarchy on a Mac
03:21 Benefits of Running Omarchy Virtualized
03:52 Touch Bar and Touch ID Support
05:03 Reverse Engineering Apple Hardware
06:48 Virtualization, USB Devices, and Video Acceleration
07:26 Using AI for Development and Research
08:36 Eduardo's AI Coding Setup and Workflow
10:17 Focus, Multitasking, and Working Across Projects
12:25 Learning to Code: Eduardo's Early Career
15:04 The 42 Programming School Experience
17:12 Should People Still Learn to Code?
22:16 Hiring Builders in the AI Era
25:29 Software Factories and Multi-Agent Workflows
28:08 Basti's AI-Assisted Development Workflow
33:16 Local AI Models vs. Cloud-Based Models
35:30 How Far AI Coding Capabilities Can Go
37:49 Comparing AI Models on Real Product Builds
41:28 Closing Thoughts on Omarchy and the Future