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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions .jules/bolt.md
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## 2026-08-26 - [Optimize formatTime for high-throughput render paths]
**Learning:** React ink components like `messageList` items re-render frequently. Using `String().padStart()` repeatedly creates significant performance overhead through string allocations. Pre-computing array lookups for bounded data (like time formatting 0-59) reduces overhead by ~25x.
**Action:** Use pre-computed arrays for formatting bounded, repetitive data in high-throughput React rendering paths.
10 changes: 7 additions & 3 deletions src/cli/ui/components/messageList/utils.ts
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// Pre-computed array for 0-59 to avoid String().padStart() allocations in hot paths
const PADDED_TIME_VALUES = Array.from({ length: 60 }, (_, i) => String(i).padStart(2, '0'));

export function formatTime(timestamp: Date): string {
const hours = String(timestamp.getHours()).padStart(2, '0');
const minutes = String(timestamp.getMinutes()).padStart(2, '0');
const seconds = String(timestamp.getSeconds()).padStart(2, '0');
// Use non-null assertion since getHours/Minutes/Seconds always return 0-59
const hours = PADDED_TIME_VALUES[timestamp.getHours()]!;
const minutes = PADDED_TIME_VALUES[timestamp.getMinutes()]!;
const seconds = PADDED_TIME_VALUES[timestamp.getSeconds()]!;
return `${hours}:${minutes}:${seconds}`;
}
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