HTTPS shouldn't be much of a performance issue to an all-text site such as HN. I run a HN-like site in Hebrew, and I recently made the switch myself (https://b

HTTPS shouldn't be much of a performance issue to an all-text site such as HN. I run a HN-like site in Hebrew, and I recently made the switch myself (https://bitorama.com https://bitorama.com). Traffic there is a lot lower than in HN, but so far I haven't noticed any latency issues. The change went smoothly with nginx, though I'm not certain this data point is relevant to HN.