On: We handle 80TB and 5M page views a month for under...

[kortilla]

> That's not terrible, but it was slow enough that I wondered for a few seconds if the site was broken.

So what? Unless your website is offering some superficial junk that can easily be found elsewhere, you’re not going to lose a user.

For something like photopea, there aren’t sub-second alternatives out there.

[jeppesen-io → kortilla]

Almost a perfect quote of GM in the 80s when Japanese cars took over it's market share

> For something like photopea, there aren’t sub-second alternatives out there.

if there is't one now, there will be. Besides, with a little CDN and tweaking you improve your users enjoyment. Why not?

[cblconfederate → jeppesen-io]

Show me one major media site that takes < 10 seconds to load

[austhrow743 → kortilla]

There's plenty of other image editing software.