So, that's my reply to Chris Titus Tech's listing. I mostly agreed but still, made my own.
Link to his vid: https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=KyADkmRVe0U
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Yes. Gentoo is a metadistro - it gives you the tools to create your own Linux OS. However without binary package repository (which is something that Gentoo's Portage system supports) your system updates will be as slow/fast as your computer can compile. For lightweight binary distro, I'd probably go with Alpine. I used Arch for a while, but it was too bleeding edge for me.
That said, I've been using Gentoo for almost 20 years. I don't use it for because it can be made fast, but because "Gentoo is the choice edition" and stable rolling releases.