Reddit lags every time you use it, but Lemmy feels so smooth with the response time. What is the magic of Lemmy’s high performance?

  • Cambionn@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    For one, open source solutions tend to be better coded, as there is more passion and less underpaid IT under heavy pressure to release asap.

    For seconds, there are many servers, so it’s less reliant on one systems performance.

    And third, but not least important. Way less users, meaning way less bandwidth usage. Time will tell if speed stays the same when the amount of users increases significantly.