I think the XenForo Cloud is problematic, as they're the ones which provide the platform on which HF operates. And apparently major data/configurations between 2024 and now is just gone.As someone working in technology, the amount of catastrophic events this site incurs with regularity is frankly mind-blowing.
I don't blame HF for that. Redundancies and backups should be the backbone of a forum.
The issue I have with HF is the ads which are resource intensive and I'm sure contribute to site performance issues. I get needing ads, when schlubs like me use the site for free, but there should be lighter ads. I'd take that, even if there were more of them.
I can't imagine they have many complex custom scripts to run this site, but that's a little out of my realm of expertise.