Oddbean new post about login | logout yes correct. and even still most of the lag is from the db (even though its not persistent). I don't think caching prof pics will help much. but I think I can improve the handling of the db so that it is more responsive.
Astral does a far better job of actually displaying the profile info of accounts and pretty much all events. The other clients, while quicker to load, often don't show the profile info or are missing events. Personally the only thing I'd like Astral to include is likes.
Like button would be nice