pre ping causing issues

Author: rps9

src/pages/Home.tsx

@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@ import { Github, Linkedin, Mail, ArrowDown } from 'lucide-react';
 import ExperienceCard from '../components/ExperienceCard';
 import SkillBadge from '../components/SkillBadge';
 import Header from '../components/Header';
-import { useEffect } from "react";
 
 function Home() {
-  // ping to warm up API and DB
-  useEffect(() => {
-      fetch("https://ryan-website-api.onrender.com/api/db/ping", {
-          method: "GET",
-          cache: "no-store",
-      }).catch(() => {});
-  }, []);
 
   return (
     <div className="bg-gray-900">