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Ask HN: HN is painfully slow when I'm logged in. Is it the same for you?
So I noticed that HN loads painfully slow. At first I thought it's due to extensions, but then I noticed it only happens when I'm logged in to HN. That's weird. Is HN running analytics in the background? Why does it slow down the website for logged-in users?
- theandrewbailey 4y agoAnonymous visitors see cached pages. If you're logged in, the server needs to figure what you've up/down voted.
- smt88 4y agoIt's a little slower today but not terrible. It may be fixed soon.
- PaulHoule 4y agoIt got really bad when SVB collapsed and it’s been somewhat bad ever since. There have been a couple of knock-down drag out discussions since then.
- disadvantage 4y ago> It got really bad when SVB collapsed There's always some hot drama topic that grinds HN to a halt though. Also there is the 'cascade effect' where a service like Reddit or Twitter (Or Facebook!) goes down and everyone flocks here to complain.
- PaulHoule 4y agoThere's something special about it when you are worried that you won't be able to make payroll because your bank is just a smoking crater.