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The perf problems referenced are in front end not back. reddit's mobile website really does have terrible performance, resulting from a whole list of mistakes.

• brazzledazzle 10y ago
  It's hard to blame them for missing the point when the comment is kind of nonsense in the first place. It's a false dichotomy. Even if it wasn't and you had to choose one or the other the choice isn't clear cut since the backend improvements benefit the desktop site, mobile site and the mobile app. To be totally honest I'd say the comment is verging on toxicity. They're basically telling these backend engineers to piss off and save the blog post until the mobile site loads faster. It's quite likely they have little-to-no control over the mobile site and caching improvements are one of the few indirect ways they can improve it. This exactly the opposite of what we should see in response to content like this.
  • slavik81 10y ago
    > They're basically telling these backend engineers to piss off and save the blog post until the mobile site loads faster That's not really what I'm going for. The way they framed the blogpost just lacks perspective. Perhaps that's due to organizational structure, but maybe there's a lesson in that too. I am a little disappointed I ended up as the top comment. The technical comments are more interesting. The upvotes on my comment probably just represent frustration.
• flukus 10y ago
  So much effort when they could have just put some mobile lipstick on the desktop site and been fine.
  • geon 10y ago
    Seriously. I use the desktop site on mobile.