Yea I found the repo and just installed it. My first response: aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! I opened an example and simulation silently failed because it was trying to launch xterm. But I'm sure it's a very powerful and capable tool. I read somewhere in a thread Stefan is actually working on a Sky130 library, which would be super nice. I think the point of hierarchical design is very important, and I should look into that. Personally, the way I see it there is an "old generation" of software like magic and xschem from the days of lambda rules that during last decades saw minimal use and maintenance. These tools are currently the most powerful we have in the open source space, but they definitely show their age. From the PCB side and the FPGA side, there is already a "new generation" of tools like Yosys and KiCad that see a lot of activity and have full-time teams working on them. What I would personally love to see is a focus on a "new generation" of ASIC tools. KLayout comes to mind as something that could fit the bill. So I think personally I'd like to focus on bootstrapping from well-funded FPGA/PCB tools, and work on a new generation of ASIC tools. I think long term it's the only way to catch up with the commercial tools with their giant budgets but a long and messy legacy.