Hardware & Software
Software is your dream, your aspiration, the cool shit you want to have. Hardware is your habit, your discipline, the boring stuff you tolerate.
People often try to improve their software over their hardware. They try to get their paper published at a journal with IF > 5 while staying up till 2 a.m. ranking up League of Legends.
Software is constrained by hardware. Your aspiration is realizable or not depends on whether you have the habits, the discipline, the boring but critical stuff.
So, make sure your metaphorical hardware is up and running, and then talk about software. So, make sure you know which habits, which practices, you are going to do every day, before bragging about all the noble pursuits you may achieve.