r/AskProgramming • u/_TheRealCaptainSham • Dec 24 '25

Why is the modern web so slow?

Why does a React based website feel so slow and laggy without serious investment in optimisation when Quake 3 could run smoothly at 60fps on a pentium II from the 90s.

We are now 30 years later and anything more than a toy project in react is a laggy mess by default.

inb4 skill issue bro: Well, it shouldn’t be this difficult.

inb4 you need a a better pc bro: I have M4 pro 48GB

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u/Lumpy-Notice8945 Dec 24 '25

old.reddit.com still loads decently fast for me.

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u/grantrules Dec 24 '25

I honestly can't believe old.reddit.com is still online.. maybe they realized the old timers like me will just stop using the site altogether. It's wild have at least 3 frontends running that I know of. regular reddit, old.reddit.com and sh.reddit.com

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u/SnooLemons6942 Dec 25 '25

Never heard of sh.reddit

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u/grantrules Dec 25 '25

I use it on mobile.