All this being said, I won't be shocked if the end result of all of this work leads to Gecko being entirely replaced in a Ship of Theseus manner eventually. It

All this being said, I won't be shocked if the end result of all of this work leads to Gecko being entirely replaced in a Ship of Theseus manner eventually. It'd let them get almost all the benefit of actually wholesale replacing it (they'll still end up with technical debt from the legacy interfaces) but they'll be able to get the benefits from it sooner than having to wait and essentially halt all other development to be able to bring it into place.