Technology is always improving and I think it tends to be more deflationary
I agree completely! Technology brings about lower prices for goods and services and as technology continues to improve, it will become even more influential in bringing costs down. What's difficult is when the scale changes. What used to be $10 can now be bought (because of advanced manufacturing) at the $1.00 store... but then the $1.00 store becomes the $10 store because of 10x inflation, we're right back where we started! But instead of being $100, it's only $10.
supply chain issues are causing prices to go up in the short term
Once the supply chain issue is resolved, it will improve a lot of things. We were told that once the "pandemic" restrictions were lifted, everything would be back to normal, but we're discovering they are far from normal.