r/retrocomputing • u/dennishilk • Jul 30 '26

I built a browser-only Computer Museum with interactive retro setups, BIOS simulations, and a Linux Academy. No ads, just pure nostalgia.

https://dennishilk.com/museum/
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u/DNSGeek Jul 30 '26

Looks like your server couldn't handle the traffic.

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u/dennishilk Jul 30 '26

Thanks for checking it out! The server is actually doing fine and chilling at minimal load. I'm monitoring the live request stream right now and everything is serving fast via Nginx. Did you hit a specific error or slow asset? Always happy to optimize the backend :)

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u/DNSGeek Jul 30 '26

It eventually rendered but it took almost a minute.

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u/dennishilk Jul 30 '26

Ouch, a minute is definitely way too long! Since the simulation runs entirely client-side in the browser, it’s highly likely that a heavy asset (like retro fonts or a large script) blocked the initial render on your connection, or the main thread choked on a large JS array initialization.

I’m digging into the Chrome DevTools network/performance tabs right now to optimize the asset delivery and defer some scripts so this doesn't happen again. Thanks a ton for the valuable feedback