Everyone wants one grand unifying tool/standard/instruction set/architecture/theory/system to handle all use cases because it seems elegant to do so. (See oblig

Everyone wants one grand unifying tool/standard/instruction set/architecture/theory/system to handle all use cases because it seems elegant to do so. (See obligatory xkcd which I won't post, but you know which one I mean.) It feels right to harmonize everything, even when it actually isn't, or it stifles innovation, or may lead to long-term technical debt.