Why is GitHub UI getting slower?
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Why is GitHub UI getting slower?
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#3Definitely immediately noticed slowdown after the sidebar and other updates. I thought surely they would fix it quickly but no... And now it seems like the only way they support to browse!
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#4Githubs performance has been rapidly degrading ever since they started rewriting everything in React.
It's basically impossible to view diffs now because they often fail to load, render correctly, or just are incredibly slow.
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#5Githubs performance has been rapidly degrading ever since they started rewriting everything in React. It's basically impossible to view diffs now because they often fail to load, render correctly, or just are incredibly slow.
Were they using vanilla js? That's impressive if yes.
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#6It's very obvious that they've unleashed a bunch of very junior developers on front end, it's I'm surprised that it still works.
The previous AJAXed implementation had its haters, but at least it was very close to bare HTML on HTTP.
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#7Githubs performance has been rapidly degrading ever since they started rewriting everything in React. It's basically impossible to view diffs now because they often fail to load, render correctly, or just are incredibly slow.
Were they using vanilla js? That's impressive if yes.
Most of the UI is React now, especially the most commonly used areas.
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#8> You guys developing at GitHub, you're using GitHub to develop it, right?
They could be using an internal beta version so they can "eat their own dogfood" before shipping.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Were they using vanilla js? That's impressive if yes.
Most of the UI is React now, especially the most commonly used areas.
The parent comment actually asks what they were doing before using React...
No worries, you may have misunderstood them and that's okay!
Re: Why is GitHub UI getting slower?
#10Because Microsoft bought them.