> Would you consider a different pattern, woven on a old loom a new technology? A app is not a "new technology". A microprocessor is a technology and the code you run on it is just another pattern on the loom.

It's not useful to get pedantic about the definition of a "new technology." What is your point? Take the example cited in the article about deciding whether to store your data in SQL databases, vector databases, or blockchains. Are you saying that this is a purely aesthetic choice and not a choice that bakes in a lot of other patterns and decisions?