Ask HN: Did GitHub UI become unbearably slow?
I remember being able to review even large PRs (70-100 files changed) from the web UI fairly easily, but now every time I click a button, the page becomes unresponsive for many seconds. For what it's worth (excluding client-side issues), I have a high-speed internet connection and a last-gen CPU. Things that are very slow (from 5 to 60 seconds depending on the number of items) for me: - Clicking on "Pull requests" tab for any repo - Opening a PR with many comments (50+) - Opening "Files changed" tab from inside any PR - Marking a file as "viewed" from the "Files changed" tab Tips I found to mitigate this: - Opening the link in a new tab often usually only takes half the time than navigating in your current page. - Review PRs from the visual studio code web ui (github.dev), easily accessible by pressing "." while viewing a PR 6 comments on Hacker News.
I remember being able to review even large PRs (70-100 files changed) from the web UI fairly easily, but now every time I click a button, the page becomes unresponsive for many seconds. For what it's worth (excluding client-side issues), I have a high-speed internet connection and a last-gen CPU. Things that are very slow (from 5 to 60 seconds depending on the number of items) for me: - Clicking on "Pull requests" tab for any repo - Opening a PR with many comments (50+) - Opening "Files changed" tab from inside any PR - Marking a file as "viewed" from the "Files changed" tab Tips I found to mitigate this: - Opening the link in a new tab often usually only takes half the time than navigating in your current page. - Review PRs from the visual studio code web ui (github.dev), easily accessible by pressing "." while viewing a PR
I remember being able to review even large PRs (70-100 files changed) from the web UI fairly easily, but now every time I click a button, the page becomes unresponsive for many seconds. For what it's worth (excluding client-side issues), I have a high-speed internet connection and a last-gen CPU. Things that are very slow (from 5 to 60 seconds depending on the number of items) for me: - Clicking on "Pull requests" tab for any repo - Opening a PR with many comments (50+) - Opening "Files changed" tab from inside any PR - Marking a file as "viewed" from the "Files changed" tab Tips I found to mitigate this: - Opening the link in a new tab often usually only takes half the time than navigating in your current page. - Review PRs from the visual studio code web ui (github.dev), easily accessible by pressing "." while viewing a PR 6 comments on Hacker News.
I remember being able to review even large PRs (70-100 files changed) from the web UI fairly easily, but now every time I click a button, the page becomes unresponsive for many seconds. For what it's worth (excluding client-side issues), I have a high-speed internet connection and a last-gen CPU. Things that are very slow (from 5 to 60 seconds depending on the number of items) for me: - Clicking on "Pull requests" tab for any repo - Opening a PR with many comments (50+) - Opening "Files changed" tab from inside any PR - Marking a file as "viewed" from the "Files changed" tab Tips I found to mitigate this: - Opening the link in a new tab often usually only takes half the time than navigating in your current page. - Review PRs from the visual studio code web ui (github.dev), easily accessible by pressing "." while viewing a PR
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May 12, 2025
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