rezi-perf-profiling

Testing & Quality

Profile and optimize Rezi app performance. Use when app feels slow, frames drop, or render phases take too long.

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When to use

Use this skill when:

App feels slow or unresponsive
Frames drop or input lags
Need to identify which render phase is the bottleneck
Optimizing a specific widget or screen

Source of truth

packages/core/src/app/widgetRenderer.ts — render pipeline with phase timing
packages/core/src/runtime/commit.ts — reconciliation (leaf/container reuse)
packages/core/src/layout/ — layout engine (FNV-1a stability signatures)
packages/core/src/widgets/composition.ts — animation utility hooks
packages/bench/src/ — profiling scripts

Steps

Enable profiling and run:

REZI_PERF=1 REZI_PERF_DETAIL=1 node your-app.js

Observe phase timings: view → commit → layout → render → build

Run systematic profiling:

npx tsx packages/bench/src/profile-phases.ts
npx tsx packages/bench/src/profile-construction.ts

Apply common fixes:

Bottleneck	Fix
View phase slow	`ctx.useMemo(() => expensiveComputation, [deps])` for expensive computations
Commit phase slow	Add `key` props on list items for stable reconciliation
Layout phase slow	Reduce nesting depth; layout stability signatures skip relayout when tree is stable
Render phase slow	Use `ui.virtualList()` for large datasets
Animation-heavy screen slow	Limit transition scope (`properties`), animate only visible rows, avoid per-frame object churn
Overall slow	Flatten unnecessary wrapper nodes

Depth guardrails:
- Warning at 200 levels
- Fatal at 500 levels
- Refactor deep nesting into flatter structures

Key optimization patterns

ctx.useMemo(() => expensiveComputation, [deps]) — skip recomputation
key on every list item — enables O(1) reconciliation
ui.virtualList() — only renders visible rows
useStagger(...) + ui.virtualList(...) — stagger only the visible window
ui.box({ transition: { properties: [...] } }) — animate only required dimensions
Avoid creating new closures/objects in render — use ctx.useCallback(fn, [deps])