Perplexed by responses to last blog post of the form "that stuff isn't new". Sure. Neither is nutrition, shelter, public health, education.
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There's still extremely valuable work to do refining, improving, lowering costs, deploying, making universal and reliable that which is old.
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I don't mean to worship the past or anything, progress is possible and often old designs do have flaws that are evident in hindsight.
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But progress depends on balance between research & development, novelty & refinement. Consolidation matters! Shoulders of giants &c.
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Making the products of research accessible and refining them through real-world practice is an important job.
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I've seen responses the other way - 'that's confusing' or 'I would never need that'. We figure out how to build those bridges between fields