I wrote a Chrome extension designed to filter HN down to the more technical post...

kevinburke on June 6, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

I wrote a Chrome extension designed to filter HN down to the more technical posts. It might help. You need to download/load it as an unpacked extension, due to the new Chrome security policies, sadly

http://bitbucket.org/kevinburke/better-hn-filter