Doesn’t have the “updates” part, but there is !bestoflemmy@lemmy.world

Feddit UK post about this

The admins are hopeful at the moment that we will be able to comply without too much trouble

Nice work!

I remember reading that the transporter was added to TOS mainly to speed up storytelling, with the technobabble behind it being expanded on later. Then replicators/holodeck put in TNG because it made sense based on similar technology. So basically you’re exactly right, it is magic