Or, html generation could be very, very fast in the first place. For example, serving static files is usually just as fast as a reverse-proxy cache.

Interestingly enough, cgit bills itself as "a hyperfast web frontend for git repositories" [0]. Alas, nothing is fast enough for the bots, it would appear.

[0] https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/

he said its fast enough for now actually...