This article seems very gung-ho on ITER, but over the past few months, I've seen other articles and HN comments suggesting that ITER is already hopelessly obsol

This article seems very gung-ho on ITER, but over the past few months, I've seen other articles and HN comments suggesting that ITER is already hopelessly obsolete, locked into a design that's likely to be far from optimal, and new startups taking fresh approaches are much more relevant to the future of fusion. I wonder who's right?