Ask HN: Did GitHub UI become unbearably slow?
14 zaphodias 10 5/12/2025, 10:03:17 AM
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
One could argue about how react makes it easier for big orgs to work together or whatever. But, when the whole point of the product is to be a robust productivity tool for developers and they can't do basic tasks without getting frustrated, it doesn't matter. The entire product could become irrelevant if someone exploits this weakness. Speed is a killer feature in a market where few understand how to actually provide it (or have the courage to preserve it).
The only downside is that I now need to juggle between two git servers that don't make mirroring easy. But if (when) Microsoft decides to do something stupid, I at least have an escape hatch.
https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-08-updated-rate-limits...
May be related, or maybe not.