Yup. At first we didn't think anyone else would like our geeky ramblings. Always surprised the more technical detail we go into the more people are engaged.

More technical detail I think is always appreciated, it is a great learning experience reading those posts.

Yeah, a writeup where I can go do some research to understand is much better than one that glosses over the details with bad analogies and simplistic explanations.

It's definitely PR, also look at who submitted it to HN

That said it's pretty interesting if you ignore the bits that sound like hype.