At first it was only too slow on mobile.
Ask HN: Did GitHub UI become unbearably slow?
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Re: Ask HN: Did GitHub UI become unbearably slow?
#12GitHub used to be server-side rendered. This is the consequence of drinking the client side framework koolaid. One could argue about how react makes it easier for big orgs to work together or whatever. But, when the whole point of the product is to be a robust productivity tool for developers and they can't do basic tasks without getting frustrated, it doesn't matter. The entire product could become irrelevant if som…
This is why I like SourceHut.
It's fast, lean, js-free, shows only what's important on screen.
The only downside is that I now need to juggle between two git servers that don't make mirroring easy. But if (when) Microsoft decides to do something stupid, I at least have an escape hatch.