Which server?

Synapse needs dual core with 8GB ram. You don't call that inconvenient?

Even then you might have timeouts joining some rooms.

Most will not meet that spec and won't be able to join popular rooms.

God help you should you not replace the standard sqlite dB.

„recently“ being the key word here. For the first few weeks/months, my Matrix server worked great too, but it’s becoming increasingly brittle as time goes on.