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Ask HN: Why is Hacker News loading so slowly?

2 points by prakhar897 4y ago

Taking close to 40 sec per click from a few days, any idea why?

mska 4y ago
It loads in less than 1 sec for me
mtmail 4y ago
I notice no difference at all.
meltyness 4y ago
Does it perform poorly on all of the browsers, computers, connections, and VPNs you have access to? If so, you may have figured out how to slow down time!
Sophira 4y ago
Like the other commenters so far, I'm not having any issues either.
toast0 4y ago
tcpdump or a pcap should probably show something fairly obvious for a 40 second delay. But my guess is path mtu problems. I've written a test for this; it's unpolished but might help you out. http://pmtud.enslaves.us/ http://pmtud.enslaves.us/ click start, and wait for the test to finish. If the table shows notes other than OK in the right column, you might have an issue. If you do, probably you can fix it by applying MSS clamping on your internet router, or manually setting an MTU appropriate to your connection.
- prakhar897 4y ago
  tried, everything comes OK. This happens infrequently, where sometimes pages take very very long to load. Other sites run fine meanwhile.
  - toast0 4y ago
    If I were you, I'd run something like tcpdump -n -w ycomb.pcap host news.ycombinator.com and leave it running; if you experience an issue, note the time, ctrl-C tcpdump and open it in wireshark and see if you see anything interesting. If there's nothing there, it might be a DNS issue, which you'd need a different pcap for. You might also need to select the right interface.
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taskqa 4y ago
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girishso 4y ago
I’m also noticing the same. My rudimentary testing in dev console times shows that it “waits” for the most part, then immediately loads the page. I had doubts about my ISPs DNS, changed it to use cloudflare dns, it didn’t help much.
boundless88 4y ago
Hacker News is not available in some parts of the world. Like me, I have to use a VPN all the time to access it. The quality of the VPN is crucial in this case.

2 points by prakhar897 4y ago

Taking close to 40 sec per click from a few days, any idea why?

mska 4y ago

It loads in less than 1 sec for me

mtmail 4y ago

I notice no difference at all.

meltyness 4y ago

Does it perform poorly on all of the browsers, computers, connections, and VPNs you have access to? If so, you may have figured out how to slow down time!

Sophira 4y ago

Like the other commenters so far, I'm not having any issues either.

toast0 4y ago

tcpdump or a pcap should probably show something fairly obvious for a 40 second delay. But my guess is path mtu problems. I've written a test for this; it's unpolished but might help you out. http://pmtud.enslaves.us/ http://pmtud.enslaves.us/ click start, and wait for the test to finish. If the table shows notes other than OK in the right column, you might have an issue. If you do, probably you can fix it by applying MSS clamping on your internet router, or manually setting an MTU appropriate to your connection.

prakhar897 4y ago
tried, everything comes OK. This happens infrequently, where sometimes pages take very very long to load. Other sites run fine meanwhile.
- toast0 4y ago
  If I were you, I'd run something like tcpdump -n -w ycomb.pcap host news.ycombinator.com and leave it running; if you experience an issue, note the time, ctrl-C tcpdump and open it in wireshark and see if you see anything interesting. If there's nothing there, it might be a DNS issue, which you'd need a different pcap for. You might also need to select the right interface.

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taskqa 4y ago

[dead]

girishso 4y ago

I’m also noticing the same. My rudimentary testing in dev console times shows that it “waits” for the most part, then immediately loads the page. I had doubts about my ISPs DNS, changed it to use cloudflare dns, it didn’t help much.

boundless88 4y ago

Hacker News is not available in some parts of the world. Like me, I have to use a VPN all the time to access it. The quality of the VPN is crucial in this case.