diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c81ab859c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 2024-06-03 - Memoizing ISO date sorting
+**Learning:** In React list components, `Array.sort()` with `new Date()` allocations is incredibly expensive (~10x slower than string comparison) on re-renders. `useMemo` combined with `localeCompare` on ISO date strings prevents this bottleneck.
+**Action:** Always memoize derived lists and prefer lexicographical string comparisons over `Date` parsing for ISO 8601 timestamps.
diff --git a/apps/app/src/components/ConversationsSidebar.tsx b/apps/app/src/components/ConversationsSidebar.tsx
index 75d768bee2..786521beb4 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/components/ConversationsSidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/src/components/ConversationsSidebar.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Conversations sidebar component — left sidebar with conversation list.
  */
 
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useApp } from "../AppContext";
 
 interface ConversationsSidebarProps {
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ export function ConversationsSidebar({
     }
   }, [editingId]);
 
-  const sortedConversations = [...conversations].sort((a, b) => {
-    const aTime = new Date(a.updatedAt).getTime();
-    const bTime = new Date(b.updatedAt).getTime();
-    return bTime - aTime;
-  });
+  // ⚡ Bolt: Memoize the sorting of conversations and use string comparison instead of allocating new Date objects to prevent expensive computation on every re-render.
+  const sortedConversations = useMemo(() => {
+    return [...conversations].sort((a, b) =>
+      b.updatedAt.localeCompare(a.updatedAt),
+    );
+  }, [conversations]);
 
   const handleDoubleClick = (conv: { id: string; title: string }) => {
     setEditingId(conv.id);