I and my crew love cracking the difficult conundrums and finding a solution; not any solution that comes by the way, but one that fits and is as elegant and eminently practicable.
I myself have read widely in science and in humanities; and have blogged now - mostly via video - for several; years on topics related. I myself have found surprising how useful it has been to have non-technical knowledge with which to moderate and consider functionality and purpose in development works. The technical answers are ‘out there’ - it just takes some research and creative thought to get a grip on them.