Based on all the responses in the thread, I am now hardly surprised that my Ask HN to switch to hardware received 0 responses. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16054742)

May be @madengr, could answer it as I am of the exact same opinion, that hardware is way more fun that software. And even in software, I am not doing the usual boring things, still it has had me. Any feedback highly appreciated.