the HN crowd is a bit myopic and focuses way too much on simplistic websites.
Perhaps. But we focus on websites because those are what we know. This is a web-based community of web-based hackers. We've got that in common.
Presumably the communities of "breeders of goose-chasing dogs" spend a certain amount of time discussing the realities of the goose-chasing dog business. I know for a fact that communities of chicken breeders know something about the free-range egg business, and that if you hang around with enough folk musicians you will eventually learn something about the folk-musician business.
Perhaps. But we focus on websites because those are what we know. This is a web-based community of web-based hackers. We've got that in common.
Presumably the communities of "breeders of goose-chasing dogs" spend a certain amount of time discussing the realities of the goose-chasing dog business. I know for a fact that communities of chicken breeders know something about the free-range egg business, and that if you hang around with enough folk musicians you will eventually learn something about the folk-musician business.