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name: react-component-performance
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description: Diagnose slow React components and suggest targeted performance fixes.
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risk: safe
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source: "Dimillian/Skills (MIT)"
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date_added: "2026-03-25"
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---
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# React Component Performance
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## Overview
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Identify render hotspots, isolate expensive updates, and apply targeted optimizations without changing UI behavior.
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## When to Use
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- When the user asks to profile or improve a slow React component.
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- When you need to reduce re-renders, list lag, or expensive render work in React UI.
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## Workflow
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1. Reproduce or describe the slowdown.
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2. Identify what triggers re-renders (state updates, props churn, effects).
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3. Isolate fast-changing state from heavy subtrees.
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4. Stabilize props and handlers; memoize where it pays off.
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5. Reduce expensive work (computation, DOM size, list length).
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6. **Validate**: open React DevTools Profiler → record the interaction → inspect the Flamegraph for components rendering longer than ~16 ms → compare against a pre-optimization baseline recording.
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## Checklist
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- Measure: use React DevTools Profiler or log renders; capture baseline.
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- Find churn: identify state updated on a timer, scroll, input, or animation.
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- Split: move ticking state into a child; keep heavy lists static.
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- Memoize: wrap leaf rows with `memo` only when props are stable.
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- Stabilize props: use `useCallback`/`useMemo` for handlers and derived values.
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- Avoid derived work in render: precompute, or compute inside memoized helpers.
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- Control list size: window/virtualize long lists; avoid rendering hidden items.
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- Keys: ensure stable keys; avoid index when order can change.
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- Effects: verify dependency arrays; avoid effects that re-run on every render.
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- Style/layout: watch for expensive layout thrash or large Markdown/diff renders.
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## Optimization Patterns
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### Isolate ticking state
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Move a timer or animation counter into a child so the parent list never re-renders on each tick.
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```tsx
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// ❌ Before – entire parent (and list) re-renders every second
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function Dashboard({ items }: { items: Item[] }) {
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const [tick, setTick] = useState(0);
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useEffect(() => {
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const id = setInterval(() => setTick(t => t + 1), 1000);
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return () => clearInterval(id);
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}, []);
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return (
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<>
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<Clock tick={tick} />
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<ExpensiveList items={items} /> {/* re-renders every second */}
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</>
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);
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}
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// ✅ After – only <Clock> re-renders; list is untouched
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function Clock() {
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const [tick, setTick] = useState(0);
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useEffect(() => {
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const id = setInterval(() => setTick(t => t + 1), 1000);
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return () => clearInterval(id);
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}, []);
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return <span>{tick}s</span>;
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}
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function Dashboard({ items }: { items: Item[] }) {
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return (
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<>
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<Clock />
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<ExpensiveList items={items} />
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</>
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);
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}
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```
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### Stabilize callbacks with `useCallback` + `memo`
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```tsx
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// ❌ Before – new handler reference on every render busts Row memo
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function List({ items }: { items: Item[] }) {
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const handleClick = (id: string) => console.log(id); // new ref each render
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return items.map(item => <Row key={item.id} item={item} onClick={handleClick} />);
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}
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// ✅ After – stable handler; Row only re-renders when its own item changes
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const Row = memo(({ item, onClick }: RowProps) => (
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<li onClick={() => onClick(item.id)}>{item.name}</li>
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));
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function List({ items }: { items: Item[] }) {
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const handleClick = useCallback((id: string) => console.log(id), []);
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return items.map(item => <Row key={item.id} item={item} onClick={handleClick} />);
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}
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```
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### Prefer derived data outside render
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```tsx
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// ❌ Before – recomputes on every render
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function Summary({ orders }: { orders: Order[] }) {
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const total = orders.reduce((sum, o) => sum + o.amount, 0); // runs every render
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return <p>Total: {total}</p>;
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}
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// ✅ After – recomputes only when orders changes
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function Summary({ orders }: { orders: Order[] }) {
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const total = useMemo(() => orders.reduce((sum, o) => sum + o.amount, 0), [orders]);
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return <p>Total: {total}</p>;
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}
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```
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### Additional patterns
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- **Split rows**: extract list rows into memoized components with narrow props.
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- **Defer heavy rendering**: lazy-render or collapse expensive content until expanded.
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## Profiling Validation Steps
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1. Open **React DevTools → Profiler** tab.
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2. Click **Record**, perform the slow interaction, then **Stop**.
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3. Switch to **Flamegraph** view; any bar labeled with a component and time > ~16 ms is a candidate.
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4. Use **Ranked chart** to sort by self render time and target the top offenders.
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5. Apply one optimization at a time, re-record, and compare render counts and durations against the baseline.
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## Example Reference
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Load `references/examples.md` when the user wants a concrete refactor example.
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interface:
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display_name: "React Component Performance"
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short_description: "Profile and fix React render issues"
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default_prompt: "Use $react-component-performance to analyze and improve this React component's rendering performance."
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# Examples
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## Isolate a ticking timer from a long list
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**Scenario:** A message list re-renders every second because a timer (`elapsedMs`) lives in the parent component. This causes visible jank on large lists.
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**Goal:** Keep UI identical but limit re-renders to the timer area.
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**Before (problematic pattern):**
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```tsx
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function Messages({ items, isThinking, processingStartedAt }) {
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const [elapsedMs, setElapsedMs] = useState(0);
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useEffect(() => {
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if (!isThinking || !processingStartedAt) {
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setElapsedMs(0);
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return;
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}
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setElapsedMs(Date.now() - processingStartedAt);
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const interval = window.setInterval(() => {
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setElapsedMs(Date.now() - processingStartedAt);
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}, 1000);
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return () => window.clearInterval(interval);
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}, [isThinking, processingStartedAt]);
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return (
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<div>
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{items.map((item) => (
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<MessageRow key={item.id} item={item} />
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))}
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<div>{formatDurationMs(elapsedMs)}</div>
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</div>
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);
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}
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```
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**After (isolated ticking state):**
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```tsx
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type WorkingIndicatorProps = {
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isThinking: boolean;
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processingStartedAt?: number | null;
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};
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const WorkingIndicator = memo(function WorkingIndicator({
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isThinking,
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processingStartedAt = null,
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}: WorkingIndicatorProps) {
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const [elapsedMs, setElapsedMs] = useState(0);
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useEffect(() => {
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if (!isThinking || !processingStartedAt) {
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setElapsedMs(0);
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return;
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}
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setElapsedMs(Date.now() - processingStartedAt);
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const interval = window.setInterval(() => {
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setElapsedMs(Date.now() - processingStartedAt);
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}, 1000);
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return () => window.clearInterval(interval);
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}, [isThinking, processingStartedAt]);
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return <div>{formatDurationMs(elapsedMs)}</div>;
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});
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function Messages({ items, isThinking, processingStartedAt }) {
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return (
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<div>
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{items.map((item) => (
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<MessageRow key={item.id} item={item} />
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))}
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<WorkingIndicator
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isThinking={isThinking}
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processingStartedAt={processingStartedAt}
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/>
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</div>
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);
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}
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```
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**Why it helps:** Only the `WorkingIndicator` subtree re-renders every second. The list remains stable unless its props change.
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**Optional follow-ups:**
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- Wrap `MessageRow` in `memo` if props are stable.
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- Use `useCallback` for handlers passed to rows to avoid re-render churn.
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- Consider list virtualization if the list is very large.
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