What I find interesting is the same argument of simplicity and that an Engineer can implement the protocol in an afternoon are the same talking points for the Gopher protocol. Iām mildly interested in Gopher and curious why Gemini over Gopher?
In the document at https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/faq.gmi Ctrl-F for "shortcomings" and you'll see "2.2 Which shortcomings of Gopher does Gemini overcome?" where they make their case.