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Re:GitHub unwanted UX change: issue links now open in a popup by jiggawatts on Sunday April 26, 2026 @05:34PM (#47914818)
All of which can be handled with horizontal scaling of identical components.

None of which explains poor latency when opening UI elements, which is more likely be explained by overuse of SPA or spaghetti code in microservices.

Update: yup, that’s exactly it, just as I guessed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47912867

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Re:GitHub unwanted UX change: issue links now open in a popup by dangus on Sunday April 26, 2026 @07:13PM (#47915835)
This whole thread is so embarrassing for GitHub.

The idea that you would change your product design in this way as a quick fix to solve a performance problem is insane.

This would be like if the battery life on a MacBook Pro was too short so Apple fixed it by removing the screen.

Job’s done, boss!

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Re:GitHub unwanted UX change: issue links now open in a popup by jiggawatts on Sunday April 26, 2026 @08:09PM (#47916238)
In a large enterprise if you task a front end team with solving a performance issue that is caused by the back end, invariably they’ll hack together some workaround… in the front end.

People only ever solve problems in the areas they have control over, whether that’s where the root cause is or not.

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