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I'm shocked that it's as slow as Twitter.

There was a time when tweets were just good ol' regular HTML pages. Today it's unbearable if you remember that you're just trying to read one small paragraph.

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When I went browsing through their GitHub I was surprised at how little web-specific code they have. It's basically just their React Native mobile app and a tiny go server. I understand that with a small team they've got to prioritize, I do hope at some point they implement server-side rendering for when you click on a direct link to a post.

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