[Openstreetmap] OSM Performance is terrible

[Etienne Cherdlu]

<rant>
I haven't done much on OSM for a few weeks.  The performance over the
December holiday period got so bad that the site was unusable.  So bad
that I avoided OSM for a whole month.  I've seen that there have been
some recent changes so tonight I felt motivated to have another go.

In about six hours of trying I achieved almost nothing.

The speed of the OSM website is terrible.
</rant>

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?

Etienne