# The initial page load

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323 "2014-07-08T02:37:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![tuananh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tuananh/32/33428_2.png) [@tuananh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tuananh)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323/2 "2014-07-08T06:13:29Z")

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CDN would be first thought. On first visit, discourse has to load a bunch of js, css and fonts so its understandably slow (especially on mobile network). After that, things are cached and everything is pretty smooth

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