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⚡ Performance Optimization

What:

This optimization targets the recursive file size calculation loop inside PublishModal.tsx. The initial code repeatedly instantiated a new Blob object for each file content string on every render/memo computation. This PR replaces that with a single TextEncoder instance and calculates the byte length of each string using encoder.encode(item.content).length.

Why:

Instantiating heavy web API objects like Blob inside hot loops introduces unnecessary CPU and garbage collection overhead, especially in folders with many files.

Measured Improvement:

Using a microbenchmark in the environment, the TextEncoder method is measured to be approximately ~1.93x faster than the Blob method, while generating zero temporary Blob objects for garbage collection.


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Replaces the expensive `new Blob([item.content]).size` inside the file traversal loop with `new TextEncoder().encode(item.content).length` reusing a single `TextEncoder` instance. This reduces memory allocation and garbage collection overhead, making the publish size calculations substantially faster.

Co-authored-by: beingniloy <235952944+beingniloy@users.noreply.github.com>
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google-labs-jules Bot and others added 3 commits July 19, 2026 14:17
Replaces the expensive `new Blob([item.content]).size` inside the file traversal loop with `new TextEncoder().encode(item.content).length` reusing a single `TextEncoder` instance. This reduces memory allocation and garbage collection overhead, making the publish size calculations substantially faster.

Co-authored-by: beingniloy <235952944+beingniloy@users.noreply.github.com>
Replaces the expensive `new Blob([item.content]).size` inside the file traversal loop with `new TextEncoder().encode(item.content).length` reusing a single `TextEncoder` instance. This reduces memory allocation and garbage collection overhead, making the publish size calculations substantially faster.

Co-authored-by: beingniloy <235952944+beingniloy@users.noreply.github.com>
Replaces the expensive `new Blob([item.content]).size` inside the file traversal loop with `new TextEncoder().encode(item.content).length` reusing a single `TextEncoder` instance. This reduces memory allocation and garbage collection overhead, making the publish size calculations substantially faster.

Co-authored-by: beingniloy <235952944+beingniloy@users.noreply.github.com>
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beingniloy merged commit d050262 into main Jul 20, 2026
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beingniloy deleted the perf/optimize-blob-instantiation-18103458224675152930 branch July 20, 2026 03:28
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