> It's almost nothing but plaintext, one static CSS file, and some images. One time in a hundred, when I select a new story, the lightly-shaded background of t

> It's almost nothing but plaintext, one static CSS file, and some images. One time in a hundred, when I select a new story, the lightly-shaded background of the page blanks through white because loading a couple resources takes too long. That doesn't sound right to me. Why isn't the "one static CSS file" cached? It should load instantly because it's already in your browser and doesn't need to fetch anything. I've created/maintained static sites as well and I've never run into this visual hiccup you are describing.