Slow loading of table with large geometry objects

I have a table with 37 rows, each with a fairly large geometry. If I SELECT * FROM _table_ it takes about 15s, but if I simply load the table from the Postico browser it takes more than 30s.

My guess is that Postico is selecting the geometry ST_AsEWKT(), which is slowing the query down. If I SELECT *, ST_AsEWKT(geom) FROM _table_ the query takes approximately as long as Postico takes to load it.

I can see a few different solutions to this problem:

1. Simply select the binary geometry
2. If the geometry is requested and not transformed (either as a part of * or SELECT geom), return some sort of placeholder. Perhaps something like <Geometry>
3. Similar to number 2, but return the type of geometry with SELECT GeometryType(geom)

Thank you for creating such a great product!

Start by reproducing the reported timing difference between SELECT * and Postico's table loading, focusing on queries involving ST_AsEWKT(geom), binary geometry, and GeometryType(geom). Trace the table-browser query path in the Postico codebase; done means large-geometry tables load without the reported slowdown while preserving useful geometry display behavior.