As we used to say, "haters gonna hate". It used to annoy me but now I mostly ignore it. If other people don't see the value in technical novelty that isn't dire

As we used to say, "haters gonna hate". It used to annoy me but now I mostly ignore it. If other people don't see the value in technical novelty that isn't directly in service of making money or having enormous impact otherwise, that's their loss - I'd rather spend my time hacking on something cool than defending the practice to someone who starts the conversation on the defensive.