It seems like the author's main point is that Gentoo's source-based package management offers more fine-grained control than Arch's binary package management.

It seems like the author's main point is that Gentoo's source-based package management offers more fine-grained control than Arch's binary package management. To this I say: Arch has source-based package management too! It's called makepkg, and is indispensable for long-time Arch users, as it allows you to build packages not in the official repos, or tweak the build flags of official packages. As always, the Arch wiki has extensive documentation. * Here are docs on makepkg https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg * Here are docs on installing unofficial packages from the Arch User Repository https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR * Here are instructions on installing custom versions of official packages from source using ABS (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS)