I would highly suggest to block JS while you're only browsing. It loads fast, most trackers won't load and better security as most browser exploits leverage JS all the time

The worst part to me is the lack of a scroll bar. Had to dust off the pgup/pgdown keys to check my progress in the article.

I have a RTX Pro 6000 as my main GPU currently, and this website pins it to ~40% utilization! Never seen a website do that before, some sort of kudos to the webmaster is deserved.

It still renders smoothly though and doesn't go above 40C so I guess it could have been worse.

FWIW it's smooth on my $150 android shitbox.

I'm using a high-end ThinkPad for CAD and it's slowing down the page for me too.

>13 years old hardware, Linux, Chromium-based browser, seems fine to me.

the animation is so useless and doesnt add anything to the actual post

yes, had to use reader mode.

I had no performance problems on my Thinkpad T410.

Oh wait, it's because it is too old to have WebGL support so the background crashed and thus consumed no processing power.