Will you update to Lemmy 0.18.0 (announced today)? The new HTTP API is allegedly more lightweight.
Of course I will! I was just waiting for a few more instances to bump theirs before I update this one.
By the way, I updated my dark theme published here for lemmy-ui 0.18.0 :)
Most excellent, I have been using your CSS with Stylebot :) You could also submit a PR to lemmy-ui repo btw with your custom theme so it gets even easier for people to try.