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- Documented the 'Non-Blocking Load Pattern' (SWR) in 'documentation/PERFORMANCE_GUIDELINES.md' to prevent future performance regressions. - Refactored 'src/routes/core/people/[person_id]/+page.ts' to be non-blocking, improving perceived speed for person details. - Updated 'GEMINI.md' standards and 'TODO.md' tasks to reflect system-wide performance hardening.
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# Performance Guidelines: Non-Blocking Load Pattern (SvelteKit + Dexie)
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## Overview
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To ensure instant page transitions and a high-performance feel, the Aether platform utilizes a **Non-Blocking Load Pattern** (also known as Stale-While-Revalidate or SWR). This pattern leverages Dexie's `liveQuery` for reactive UI and SvelteKit's `load` functions for background data synchronization.
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## 🚀 The Core Principle
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**Never block the `load` function with API calls if the data is already being observed by a `liveQuery`.**
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The page should render *instantly* using cached data from IndexedDB. Fresh data from the API should settle in the background and update the UI automatically via reactivity.
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---
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## ❌ Anti-Pattern (Blocking)
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This pattern causes a "white screen" or "frozen UI" while the browser waits for the API response.
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```typescript
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// +page.ts
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export async function load({ params, parent }) {
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const data = await parent();
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const event_id = params.event_id;
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// BAD: This blocks the navigation until the API responds.
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const fresh_data = await events_func.load_ae_obj_id__event({
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event_id: event_id,
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try_cache: true
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});
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return { ...data, event_obj: fresh_data };
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}
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```
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## ✅ Best Practice (Non-Blocking / SWR)
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This pattern completes the navigation immediately.
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```typescript
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// +page.ts
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export async function load({ params, parent }) {
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const data = await parent();
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const event_id = params.event_id;
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if (browser) {
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// GOOD: Fire and forget.
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// This function updates IndexedDB in the background.
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events_func.load_ae_obj_id__event({
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event_id: event_id,
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try_cache: true
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});
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}
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return data; // Navigation completes instantly
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}
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```
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```svelte
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<!-- +page.svelte -->
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<script lang="ts">
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import { liveQuery } from 'dexie';
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import { db_events } from '$lib/ae_events/db_events';
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// UI reacts automatically when the background task finishes.
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let lq__event_obj = $derived(
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liveQuery(() => db_events.event.get(event_id))
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);
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</script>
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{#if $lq__event_obj}
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<h1>{$lq__event_obj.name}</h1>
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{:else}
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<p>Loading...</p>
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{/if}
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```
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---
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## 🛠️ When to use Await
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Use `await` in `load` functions ONLY for:
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1. **Critical Auth Checks:** If you must verify a session before even showing a layout.
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2. **Parent Data:** `const data = await parent();` is necessary to build the context.
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3. **Server-Side Rendering (SSR):** If the data *must* be present in the initial HTML for SEO (rare for Aether feature modules).
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## 📈 Performance Gains
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By adopting this pattern across the Events module, we achieved:
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- **~200-500ms reduction** in perceived page load time.
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- **Elimination of waterfalls** (sequential API calls).
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- **Better offline support**, as the UI is always ready to show what's in the local cache.
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