Another hardware lander here. Did a lot of verification of processors in the past, including one that was Mips-like. Parent comment is correct in its suggestion

Another hardware lander here. Did a lot of verification of processors in the past, including one that was Mips-like. Parent comment is correct in its suggestion that verification is a much bigger deal than getting HDL that will compile and pass a few test cases. But for a hobby project, yeah, no need to throw a wet blanket on it.