I have absolutely no issues with sharing my failures. Only part of the project which would be iffy is the keyboard/trackpoint, kind of hoping I can just use the GPIO on what ever board I end up with and somehow make it work but I have yet to look into it at all, seems doable for at least the keyboard. The QMK route is always possibly but it feels like the lego theory of electronics and I have a completely pointless aversion to that.