That's because there is a big part of the HN reader community which only gets as technical as discussing the relative merits of various kinds of ovals, and mayb

That's because there is a big part of the HN reader community which only gets as technical as discussing the relative merits of various kinds of ovals, and maybe even sometimes the JS behind the UI. That's what they know, so that's what they talk about. And there's nothing wrong with that, really.