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I suspect it isn't just the length of the threads but also how image heavy some of them can be...

Some of the development threads probably have 50+ high res images on each page. That has to be impacting performance.

I have argued before that posts should have an image cap of like 4. Some people are posting like 10+ high res images in each post. It can takes 5 minutes of scrolling to get to the bottom of the page. It's crazy and terrible from a UX perspective alone.