It seems it does based on the voting. We also had a post by Tim Ferriss on the top of the page for nearly two days last week, not programmer specific but it was enjoyed / hated and had a good discussion going on about it.
This site is vastly related to programming and startups, but other topics that are of interest and thought provoking tend to rise up as an interest.
We don't have kittens on the front page, so I consider it a victory.