I'm totally with you, though would note that running Hurd as your main kernel is difficult, but running childhurds on your linux kernel is fun and profitable.

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/childhurds-and-substitutes...

Obviously I'm crazy, because I use Emacs with EXWM as my shell, but IMHO it's perfectly capable of being a "daily driver" already.