Natalie Wolchover wrote a column on Quanta magazine about applied category theory, mainly centering around John Baez but also interviewing many other people from the community, including yours truly!
Check it out here:
This is the first time I'm interviewed in my capacity as a mathematician. It was really fun to articulate to Natalie what applied category theory is, and what it is good for. She got this quote out of me:
When I say we’re underdogs and nobody likes us, it’s not completely true, but it’s a bit true.which sounds a bit self-aggrandizing, but didn't want to be. Applied category theory is a bit niche, sometimes dismissed as needlessly abstract and naive, but mostly respected.