I have been using asdf for over a year now, and I haven't seen `node -v` take so long. Actually, I used to use nvm and it was much slower than asdf, which was my main motivation to switch.

I'm wondering if the lack of slowness I've seen could be due to my simplistic setup: globally set nodejs version, single nodejs version installed, with other tools like git installed by the distro package manager. I also have golang and some other stuff like rclone installed using asdf, but not much more.

Did you also have a similar experience when initially installing node? Did you notice what triggered it or when did asdf start to become slow?

I like asdf and would like to avoid making it slow on my laptop.

Oh and can I safely assume that your home directory is on an SSD and not on an HDD?