> Most of these things the HN crowd obsesses over are [not important] Maybe 'most', but some of it is important in terms of developing your skill set. It can b

> Most of these things the HN crowd obsesses over are [not important] Maybe 'most', but some of it is important in terms of developing your skill set. It can be difficult to know which bits are going to become important (popular), so learning about as much as you can will a) increase the chances of you learning about something that will become relevant, b) getting better at filtering out the noise.