diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c41d3a62..ac4904e5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -357,11 +357,6 @@
         "postcss-value-parser": "3.3.0"
       }
     },
-    "autosize": {
-      "version": "4.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/autosize/-/autosize-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-egWZsbqE1zvXWJsNnaOHAVLGkjc="
-    },
     "aws-sign2": {
       "version": "0.6.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-sign2/-/aws-sign2-0.6.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 72d0f63d..af42229d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@gamestdio/websocket": "^0.2.2",
     "a11y-dialog": "^4.0.1",
-    "autosize": "^4.0.0",
     "cheerio": "^1.0.0-rc.2",
     "child-process-promise": "^2.2.1",
     "chokidar": "^2.0.0",
@@ -95,7 +94,8 @@
       "__shell__",
       "__assets__",
       "test",
-      "fixture"
+      "fixture",
+      "Element"
     ],
     "ignore": [
       "dist",
diff --git a/routes/_components/compose/LiteComposeBox.html b/routes/_components/compose/LiteComposeBox.html
index 0c6d6bd5..c6e93396 100644
--- a/routes/_components/compose/LiteComposeBox.html
+++ b/routes/_components/compose/LiteComposeBox.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="lite-compose-box">
+<div class="lite-compose-box {{overLimit ? 'over-char-limit' : ''}}">
   <div class="compose-profile-current-user">
     <Avatar account="{{verifyCredentials}}" className="compose-profile-avatar" size="small"/>
     <a class="compose-profile-display-name" href="/accounts/{{verifyCredentials.id}}">
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
       ref:textarea
       bind:value=inputText
     ></textarea>
-    <div class="compose-profile-length-gauge {{overLimit ? 'over-char-limit' : ''}}"
-         style="transform: scaleX({{inputLengthAsFractionOfMax}});"
+    <div class="compose-profile-length-gauge"
+         style="transform: scaleX({{inputLengthAsFractionOfMaxAfterRaf || 0}});"
          aria-hidden="true"
     ></div>
-    <span class="compose-profile-length {{overLimit ? 'over-char-limit' : ''}}"
+    <span class="compose-profile-length"
           aria-label="{{inputLengthLabel}}">
-      {{inputLengthToDisplay}}
+      {{inputLengthToDisplayAfterRaf || '0'}}
     </span>
     <button class="primary compose-profile-button">
       Toot!
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     margin-top: 10px;
     resize: none;
     overflow: hidden;
+    width: calc(100% - 5px);
   }
 
   .compose-profile-button {
@@ -113,11 +114,11 @@
     font-size: 1.1em;
   }
 
-  .compose-profile-length.over-char-limit {
+  .over-char-limit .compose-profile-length {
     color: var(--warning-color);
   }
 
-  .compose-profile-length-gauge.over-char-limit {
+  .over-char-limit .compose-profile-length-gauge {
     background: var(--warning-color);
   }
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@
 <script>
   import Avatar from '../Avatar.html'
   import { store } from '../../_store/store'
-  import autosize from 'autosize'
+  import { autosize } from '../../_utils/autosize'
   import { scheduleIdleTask } from '../../_utils/scheduleIdleTask'
   import debounce from 'lodash/debounce'
   import { mark, stop } from '../../_utils/marks'
@@ -160,6 +161,22 @@
         this.store.set({inputTextInCompose: inputTextInCompose})
         saveText()
       }, {init: false})
+
+      // Avoid input delays by updating these values after a rAF
+      this.observe('inputLengthToDisplay', inputLengthToDisplay => {
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+          mark('set inputLengthToDisplayAfterRaf')
+          this.set({inputLengthToDisplayAfterRaf: inputLengthToDisplay})
+          stop('set inputLengthToDisplayAfterRaf')
+        })
+      })
+      this.observe('inputLengthAsFractionOfMax', inputLengthAsFractionOfMax => {
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+          mark('set inputLengthAsFractionOfMaxAfterRaf')
+          this.set({inputLengthAsFractionOfMaxAfterRaf: inputLengthAsFractionOfMax})
+          stop('set inputLengthAsFractionOfMaxAfterRaf')
+        })
+      })
     },
     ondestroy() {
       mark('autosize.destroy()')
@@ -177,7 +194,7 @@
       currentInputTextInCompose: ($currentInputTextInCompose) => $currentInputTextInCompose,
       inputLength: (inputText) => inputText ? inputText.length : 0,
       inputLengthToDisplay: (inputLength) => (inputLength <= CHAR_LIMIT ? inputLength : CHAR_LIMIT - inputLength),
-      inputLengthAsFractionOfMax: (inputLength) => (Math.min(CHAR_LIMIT, inputLength)) / CHAR_LIMIT,
+      inputLengthAsFractionOfMax: (inputLength) => Math.round(100 * (Math.min(CHAR_LIMIT, inputLength)) / CHAR_LIMIT) / 100,
       overLimit: (inputLength) => inputLength > CHAR_LIMIT,
       inputLengthLabel: (overLimit, inputLengthToDisplay) => {
         if (overLimit) {
diff --git a/routes/_utils/autosize.js b/routes/_utils/autosize.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7d55955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_utils/autosize.js
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+// Modified from https://github.com/jackmoore/autosize/commit/113f1b345868901619d4b01cda02b09aa1690ebd
+// The only change is to remove IE-specific hacks,
+// remove parent overflow checks, make page resizes more performant,
+// add deferredUpdate, and add perf marks.
+
+import { mark, stop } from './marks'
+import debounce from 'lodash/debounce'
+import throttle from 'lodash/throttle'
+
+const map = new Map()
+let createEvent = (name) => new Event(name, {bubbles: true})
+
+function assign (ta) {
+  if (!ta || !ta.nodeName || ta.nodeName !== 'TEXTAREA' || map.has(ta)) return
+
+  let heightOffset = null
+  let cachedHeight = null
+
+  function init () {
+    const style = window.getComputedStyle(ta, null)
+
+    if (style.resize === 'vertical') {
+      ta.style.resize = 'none'
+    } else if (style.resize === 'both') {
+      ta.style.resize = 'horizontal'
+    }
+
+    if (style.boxSizing === 'content-box') {
+      heightOffset = -(parseFloat(style.paddingTop) + parseFloat(style.paddingBottom))
+    } else {
+      heightOffset = parseFloat(style.borderTopWidth) + parseFloat(style.borderBottomWidth)
+    }
+    // Fix when a textarea is not on document body and heightOffset is Not a Number
+    if (isNaN(heightOffset)) {
+      heightOffset = 0
+    }
+
+    update()
+  }
+
+  function resize () {
+    mark('autosize:resize()')
+    let res = _resize()
+    stop('autosize:resize()')
+    return res
+  }
+
+  function _resize () {
+    const originalHeight = ta.style.height
+
+    ta.style.height = ''
+
+    let endHeight = ta.scrollHeight + heightOffset
+
+    if (ta.scrollHeight === 0) {
+      // If the scrollHeight is 0, then the element probably has display:none or is detached from the DOM.
+      ta.style.height = originalHeight
+      return
+    }
+
+    ta.style.height = endHeight + 'px'
+    return endHeight
+  }
+
+  const deferredUpdate = throttle(() => requestAnimationFrame(update), 100)
+
+  function update () {
+    mark('autosize:update()')
+    _update()
+    stop('autosize:update()')
+  }
+
+  function _update () {
+    let newHeight = resize()
+    if (cachedHeight !== newHeight) {
+      cachedHeight = newHeight
+      const evt = createEvent('autosize:resized')
+      try {
+        ta.dispatchEvent(evt)
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Firefox will throw an error on dispatchEvent for a detached element
+        // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=889376
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const pageResize = debounce(update, 1000)
+
+  const destroy = (style => {
+    window.removeEventListener('resize', pageResize, false)
+    ta.removeEventListener('input', deferredUpdate, false)
+    ta.removeEventListener('autosize:destroy', destroy, false)
+    ta.removeEventListener('autosize:update', update, false)
+
+    Object.keys(style).forEach(key => {
+      ta.style[key] = style[key]
+    })
+
+    map.delete(ta)
+  }).bind(ta, {
+    height: ta.style.height,
+    resize: ta.style.resize,
+    overflowY: ta.style.overflowY,
+    overflowX: ta.style.overflowX,
+    wordWrap: ta.style.wordWrap
+  })
+
+  ta.addEventListener('autosize:destroy', destroy, false)
+
+  window.addEventListener('resize', pageResize, false)
+  ta.addEventListener('input', deferredUpdate, false)
+  ta.addEventListener('autosize:update', update, false)
+  ta.style.overflowX = 'hidden'
+  ta.style.wordWrap = 'break-word'
+
+  map.set(ta, {
+    destroy,
+    update
+  })
+
+  init()
+}
+
+function destroy (ta) {
+  const methods = map.get(ta)
+  if (methods) {
+    methods.destroy()
+  }
+}
+
+function update (ta) {
+  const methods = map.get(ta)
+  if (methods) {
+    methods.update()
+  }
+}
+
+let autosize = null
+
+// Do nothing in Node.js environment and IE8 (or lower)
+if (!process.browser) {
+  autosize = el => el
+  autosize.destroy = el => el
+  autosize.update = el => el
+} else {
+  autosize = (el, options) => {
+    if (el) {
+      Array.prototype.forEach.call(el.length ? el : [el], x => assign(x, options))
+    }
+    return el
+  }
+  autosize.destroy = el => {
+    if (el) {
+      Array.prototype.forEach.call(el.length ? el : [el], destroy)
+    }
+    return el
+  }
+  autosize.update = el => {
+    if (el) {
+      Array.prototype.forEach.call(el.length ? el : [el], update)
+    }
+    return el
+  }
+}
+
+export { autosize }
diff --git a/scss/global.scss b/scss/global.scss
index fc8b9182..2b364e0b 100644
--- a/scss/global.scss
+++ b/scss/global.scss
@@ -134,4 +134,10 @@ button::-moz-focus-inner {
    Unnecessary since it gives a warning if you submit an empty field anyway. */
 input:required, input:invalid {
   box-shadow: none;
+}
+
+textarea {
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: inherit;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/2xx.html b/templates/2xx.html
index 9c751383..cc7d596f 100644
--- a/templates/2xx.html
+++ b/templates/2xx.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<style>
 /* auto-generated w/ build-sass.js */
 body{--button-primary-bg:#6081e6;--button-primary-text:#fff;--button-primary-border:#132c76;--button-primary-bg-active:#456ce2;--button-primary-bg-hover:#6988e7;--button-bg:#e6e6e6;--button-text:#333;--button-border:#a7a7a7;--button-bg-active:#bfbfbf;--button-bg-hover:#f2f2f2;--input-border:#dadada;--anchor-text:#4169e1;--main-bg:#fff;--body-bg:#e8edfb;--body-text-color:#333;--main-border:#dadada;--svg-fill:#4169e1;--form-bg:#f7f7f7;--form-border:#c1c1c1;--nav-bg:#4169e1;--nav-border:#214cce;--nav-a-border:#4169e1;--nav-a-selected-border:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg:#6d8ce8;--nav-svg-fill:#fff;--nav-text-color:#fff;--nav-a-selected-border-hover:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg-hover:#839deb;--nav-a-bg-hover:#577ae4;--nav-a-border-hover:#4169e1;--nav-svg-fill-hover:#fff;--nav-text-color-hover:#fff;--action-button-fill-color:#90a8ee;--action-button-fill-color-hover:#a2b6f0;--action-button-fill-color-active:#577ae4;--action-button-fill-color-pressed:#2351dc;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-hover:#3862e0;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-active:#1d44b8;--settings-list-item-bg:#fff;--settings-list-item-text:#4169e1;--settings-list-item-text-hover:#4169e1;--settings-list-item-border:#dadada;--settings-list-item-bg-active:#e6e6e6;--settings-list-item-bg-hover:#fafafa;--toast-bg:#333;--toast-border:#fafafa;--toast-text:#fff;--mask-bg:#333;--mask-svg-fill:#fff;--mask-opaque-bg:rgba(51,51,51,0.8);--loading-bg:#ededed;--deemphasized-text-color:#666;--focus-outline:#c5d1f6;--very-deemphasized-link-color:rgba(65,105,225,0.6);--very-deemphasized-text-color:rgba(102,102,102,0.6);--status-direct-background:#d2dcf8;--main-theme-color:#4169e1;--warning-color:#e01f19}
-body{margin:0;font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;color:var(--body-text-color);background:var(--body-bg);position:fixed;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;top:0}.container{overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:hidden;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;will-change:transform;position:absolute;top:72px;left:0;right:0;bottom:0}@media (max-width: 767px){.container{top:62px}}main{position:relative;width:602px;max-width:100vw;padding:0;box-sizing:border-box;margin:30px auto 15px;background:var(--main-bg);border:1px solid var(--main-border);border-radius:1px}@media (max-width: 767px){main{margin:5px auto 15px}}h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{margin:0 0 0.5em 0;font-weight:400;line-height:1.2}h1{font-size:2em}a{color:var(--anchor-text);text-decoration:none}a:visited{color:var(--anchor-text)}a:hover{text-decoration:underline}input{border:1px solid var(--input-border);padding:5px;box-sizing:border-box}button{font-size:1.2em;background:var(--button-bg);border-radius:2px;padding:10px 15px;border:1px solid var(--button-border);cursor:pointer;color:var(--button-text)}button:hover{background:var(--button-bg-hover)}button:active{background:var(--button-bg-active)}button[disabled]{opacity:0.35;pointer-events:none;cursor:not-allowed}button.primary{border:1px solid var(--button-primary-border);background:var(--button-primary-bg);color:var(--button-primary-text)}button.primary:hover{background:var(--button-primary-bg-hover)}button.primary:active{background:var(--button-primary-bg-active)}p,label,input{font-size:1.3em}ul,li,p{padding:0;margin:0}.hidden{opacity:0}*:focus{outline:2px solid var(--focus-outline)}button::-moz-focus-inner{border:0}input:required,input:invalid{box-shadow:none}
+body{margin:0;font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;color:var(--body-text-color);background:var(--body-bg);position:fixed;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;top:0}.container{overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:hidden;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;will-change:transform;position:absolute;top:72px;left:0;right:0;bottom:0}@media (max-width: 767px){.container{top:62px}}main{position:relative;width:602px;max-width:100vw;padding:0;box-sizing:border-box;margin:30px auto 15px;background:var(--main-bg);border:1px solid var(--main-border);border-radius:1px}@media (max-width: 767px){main{margin:5px auto 15px}}h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{margin:0 0 0.5em 0;font-weight:400;line-height:1.2}h1{font-size:2em}a{color:var(--anchor-text);text-decoration:none}a:visited{color:var(--anchor-text)}a:hover{text-decoration:underline}input{border:1px solid var(--input-border);padding:5px;box-sizing:border-box}button{font-size:1.2em;background:var(--button-bg);border-radius:2px;padding:10px 15px;border:1px solid var(--button-border);cursor:pointer;color:var(--button-text)}button:hover{background:var(--button-bg-hover)}button:active{background:var(--button-bg-active)}button[disabled]{opacity:0.35;pointer-events:none;cursor:not-allowed}button.primary{border:1px solid var(--button-primary-border);background:var(--button-primary-bg);color:var(--button-primary-text)}button.primary:hover{background:var(--button-primary-bg-hover)}button.primary:active{background:var(--button-primary-bg-active)}p,label,input{font-size:1.3em}ul,li,p{padding:0;margin:0}.hidden{opacity:0}*:focus{outline:2px solid var(--focus-outline)}button::-moz-focus-inner{border:0}input:required,input:invalid{box-shadow:none}textarea{font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;box-sizing:border-box}
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 </style>