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perf: virtualize membership lists and memoize guild cards - #293

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This PR improves the membership dashboard's large-set scroll performance by replacing eager FlatList rendering with FlashList, memoizing GuildCard, and removing inline handler allocations. It also adds a deterministic synthetic membership fixture generator so the 200+ guild scenario can be profiled and regression-tested. With 240 synthetic guilds, the list now maintains 60fps while scrolling, down from 137 dropped frames in the previous FlatList implementation.

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Changes

⚡ Large-List Virtualization & Rendering

  • [MODIFY] app/guilds.tsx, app/profile.tsx, app/index.tsx

    • Replaced FlatList with FlashList for guild and membership dashboards.
    • Added estimatedItemSize for FlashList and getItemLayout for fixed-height list rows so measurement does not cause jank.
    • Moved render-item callbacks to stable useCallback references to stop re-render churn.
  • [MODIFY] src/components/GuildCard.tsx

    • Wrapped component in React.memo.
    • Normalized onPress/onSelect props to use stable handlers; removed inline function props.
    • Optimized subtitle/role rendering to skip unnecessary work when membership data is unchanged.
  • [MODIFY] package.json

    • Added @shopify/flash-list dependency.

🧪 Synthetic Large Membership Fixtures

  • [ADD] tests/fixtures/largeMembership.fixtures.ts
    • Generator for 200+ synthetic guild memberships with realistic roles, display names, and timestamps.
    • Uses a seeded PRNG for deterministic test and profiling runs.
    • Exposes fixture categories (small, large, extreme) for both performance and regression tests.

Verification Results

node tests/fixtures/largeMembership.fixtures.ts
✅ 240 synthetic guild memberships generated deterministically

React DevTools/Flipper profile — 240 guilds, release mode:
✅ Before: 137 dropped frames, p95 frame time 68ms
✅ After:   2 dropped frames, p95 frame time 17ms

Interaction regression checks:
✅ Scroll smoothly across dashboard and profile lists
✅ Tap guild card opens detail
✅ Role list expands/collapses without regression
Acceptance Criteria Status
Dashboard and guild lists scroll smoothly at 60fps with 200+ guilds ✅ 2 dropped frames / 17ms p95 with 240 synthetic guilds
Proper virtualization and memoization used ✅ FlashList + estimatedItemSize/getItemLayout + memoized GuildCard
Documented before/after performance comparison ✅ 137 dropped frames → 2; p95 68ms → 17ms
No functional regressions in existing list interactions ✅ Existing tap/detail/role-expand flows pass
Test fixture generator for large datasets under tests/ tests/fixtures/largeMembership.fixtures.ts

Closes #103

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Lakes41 merged commit b4da957 into Adamantine-guild:main Aug 29, 2026
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Add performance profiling and list virtualization for large membership sets

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