Wholeheartedly agree. The articles are often of average quality with a few gems here and there.
What I derive value from (once you tune out the pedantry) is the discussion by people knowledgeable on the topic. As a computer science student who tries to keep up with best practices, corporate adoption of technologies, and general trends in the industry, this is something I can't really get anywhere else.
I credit HN for giving me a balanced insight on things and indirect feedback on what's important to learn in order to make myself marketable when I graduate.
If I see title "something something GraphQL" in HN, I do not think "ooh someone wrote an article about GraphQL".
I rather see it as "folks in HN discussing about GraphQL today!"
I can google and get tens or even hundreds of articles about GraphQL, but I won't get the "points and counter points: a discussion that I get here.