Ask HN: Tired of all the AI, what other cool tech is out there?

Lately, I feel like I’m drowning in AI news. Every newsletter I’m subscribed to (engineering, product, or just general tech news) is about the latest AI tool, model, wrapper, or integration. Don’t get me wrong, I use AI tools daily in my work as a tech lead and in my personal life, and I absolutely understand how revolutionary the last couple of years have been.

I just miss hearing about other kinds of innovation, new ideas in hardware, networking, devtools, robotics, programming languages, weird side projects. It feels like 90% of the conversation is now monopolised by AI. I see some in discussions here, but not much outside.

Am I just not looking hard enough, or in the wrong place? Is anyone here working on/with super cool tech that is not AI?