Distinguish GIF frame loading from GIF frame failure in useFetchGifFirstFrame(), so thread and catalog thumbnails no longer render animated GIFs before the still frame arrives. Keep the existing animated fallback when the first-frame fetch actually fails.
bitsocialhq/pkc-react-hooks is a fork of plebbit-react-hooks that we're maintaining temporarily as an attempt to modernize the original repository using AI tools, possibly merging changes back into plebbit-react-hooks, which should also be rebranded to pkc-react-hooks eventually, under the org pkcprotocol.
Eliminate direct @plebbit/plebbit-js (8.7MB) imports from all UI components by replacing
Plebbit.getShortAddress() with a local get-short-address utility. Add Vite manual chunks for
plebbit-js, plebbit-react-hooks, and react-spring/use-gesture. Fix catalog CLS by matching
skeleton to wrapper dimensions. Lazy-load ChallengeModal and ReplyModal. Add failed-URL cache
to useFetchGifFirstFrame, optimize useHide selector, and memoize useFeed options in mod-queue.
Defer useReplies to hover-only in CatalogPost. Memo CatalogRow and Post. Remove useWindowWidth and autoUpdate from CatalogPost. Replace display:none with opacity for images. Add width/height to img tags in catalog-row and comment-media. Use Virtuoso for all rendering paths (infinite, finite, pagination). Optimize filteredComments with Set lookup. Add Vite manual chunks for markdown, virtuoso, floating-ui.
Replace sync setState-in-effect with keyed remount and render-derived patterns in app, error-display, topbar-edit-modal, catalog-filters; use useCurrentTime() instead of Date.now() in hot paths; fix conditional hooks, passive scroll listeners, lodash path imports.
Replaced `import _ from 'lodash'` with specific named imports (`capitalize`, `lowerCase`, `debounce`, `startCase`) across 18 files. This reduces bundle size and improves tree-shaking efficiency.
Use Zustand selectors with custom equality functions to only subscribe to specific fields needed by components, avoiding unnecessary rerenders when transient state like updatingState changes. Extract offline indicators into separate components to isolate rerenders. Memoize card components in catalog and popular threads views.
Removed all fake posts for subplebbit description and rules, including dedicated routes, components, and all related logic across the codebase. Board admins can now pin regular posts if they want to provide a description.
Tommaso Casaburi