Just wanted to take some time and say that I think Arch Linux is awesome. I had a lot of trouble installing it, but it was worth it. It definitely is not for beginners, but the customizability and the always up-to-date repos make me really happy - not to mention the wiki is positively huge.
I’m probably the last one to find this out, but if you’re a developer and still suffering under Ubuntu or the like, make the switch at some point - even if it’s not Arch, just pick up Gentoo or something. You’re almost guaranteed to like it more.