I also work with FPGAs since 2010. I love especially the minimalism that an FPGA can offer despite the verification effort. I would also like to meet FPGA deve

I also work with FPGAs since 2010. I love especially the minimalism that an FPGA can offer despite the verification effort. I would also like to meet FPGA developers with the hacking and open source culture in mind. Even I had the luck of being involved mostly in FPGA-related projects in my career, I also see the trend of using more standardized hardware platforms for embedded systems. This means that Linux-based systems are preferred over bare-metal solutions, which can decrease development time but in the same time increase fault and attack surface. What do you think?