I'm pretty sure that nerds respond well to (marketing) blog posts that show how some new tech solves all of their problems by showing a simple example of that tech, while ignoring edge cases and future complexity.
On the contrary, I think we are very exceptical on everything work related and it's very challenging to sell new tech, even for free. Most probably because we are tired and inundated with options.
Now, for my own hobbies I have "wasted" money on a 3D printer, a drone and a VR headset, and who knows how many books. I'm OK with it since maybe one out of ten I find something truly interesting.
That'll all be fixed/implemented in 1.0, anyway.