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FPGAs are great - it's like writing software to create hardware, magically and on demand.

I wish it were easier to get started with them - the toolchains are usually designed for professional engineers rather than beginners, and the debugging experience is poor vs. any typical software IDE like VSCode or IntelliJ (even though Vivado seems to be based on Eclipse or something.)

But don't let that discourage you - working with FPGAs is incredibly fun once you get over the initial learning curve, and there are many resources available on youtube etc.