No you aren’t. (Well, you could be, but not because you can’t follow this). On any given article with a lot of technical content, it’s reasonably safe to assume

No you aren’t. (Well, you could be, but not because you can’t follow this). On any given article with a lot of technical content, it’s reasonably safe to assume that it’s on the front page of HN because a lot of people are enthusiastic about the subject or interested in it. Only a small number of people actually follow what’s going on for most of these topics.