I don't think HN was ever about just "technical" stuff. There is Lobsters for that kind of thing.
Out of curiosity, I brought up HN from 10 years ago on archive.org. I counted - 10 of the top 20 links were things that I wouldn't consider to be "technical".
You don't have to go to archive.org! Here is the content on the HN front page 10 years ago to the day: