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@anyulled anyulled commented May 13, 2026

💡 What

Replaced the reduce implementation in the groupTalksByTrack utility (in hooks/useTalks.ts) with a forEach loop that populates a Map directly. It uses .push() to append items instead of the array spread syntax [...arr, item].

🎯 Why

The original implementation used object and array spread syntaxes (...acc and [...existing, talk]) inside the reduce accumulator. This is a common JavaScript anti-pattern when dealing with larger collections, as it creates a brand new array and a brand new object on every single iteration, leading to $O(N^2)$ memory allocations and heavy Garbage Collection overhead. The new Map and .push() approach executes in strict $O(N)$ time with minimal allocations.

📊 Impact

  • Eliminates amortized $O(N^2)$ array cloning and memory allocation.
  • Considerably faster execution and significantly lower garbage collection pressure when parsing and grouping large datasets of talks.

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All 137 test suites were run (including schedule and hook performance tests) and passed successfully without any visual or functional regressions. The linting rules (including strict no-restricted-syntax for let) remain fully satisfied.


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  • Refactor
    • Optimized internal code structure for improved performance and maintainability.

Note: This release contains no user-facing changes—purely internal improvements.

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This commit replaces the `reduce` implementation in `groupTalksByTrack` with a single-pass `forEach` loop. By directly mutating a local `Map` and appending to existing arrays using `.push()`, we avoid the amortized O(N^2) memory allocations caused by using the array spread operator (`[...arr, item]`) and object spread operator (`...acc`) on each iteration.

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Walkthrough

groupTalksByTrack is refactored to directly construct and return a Map<string, Talk[]> using explicit map.get() and map.set() operations, replacing the previous pattern of building an intermediate object via reduce and then converting it to a Map.

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Map-based Track Grouping

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Map-based track grouping implementation
hooks/useTalks.ts
groupTalksByTrack now initializes a Map, checks membership with map.get(), creates arrays with map.set(), and grows them with push, avoiding intermediate object construction and Object.entries conversion.

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Possibly related PRs

  • anyulled/devbcn-nextjs#27: Both PRs refactor grouping and data structuring for speaker/talk aggregation, with this PR focusing on internal groupTalksByTrack logic while the other refactors external data consumption.
  • anyulled/devbcn-nextjs#105: Both PRs modify hooks/useTalks.ts's groupTalksByTrack to improve talk grouping by track logic and accumulation strategy.

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No objects now to clutter sight,
The talks group neatly, track by track,
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This pull request refactors the groupTalksByTrack function in hooks/useTalks.ts to improve performance by replacing a O(N^2) reduce implementation with a more efficient O(N) approach using a Map. Feedback suggests further optimizing the loop by using for...of instead of forEach to reduce function call overhead and improve readability.

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talks.forEach((talk) => {
const track = getTrackFromTalk(talk);
return {
...acc,
[track]: [...(acc[track] || []), talk],
};
}, {});
const existing = map.get(track);
if (!existing) {
map.set(track, [talk]);
} else {
existing.push(talk);
}
});
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While forEach is a significant improvement over the previous $O(N^2)$ implementation, using a for...of loop is generally preferred in performance-critical code within JavaScript engines like V8. It avoids the overhead of a function call per iteration and is often more readable for side-effect-heavy operations like populating a collection. Additionally, the logic can be slightly more concise.

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talks.forEach((talk) => {
const track = getTrackFromTalk(talk);
return {
...acc,
[track]: [...(acc[track] || []), talk],
};
}, {});
const existing = map.get(track);
if (!existing) {
map.set(track, [talk]);
} else {
existing.push(talk);
}
});
for (const talk of talks) {
const track = getTrackFromTalk(talk);
const group = map.get(track);
if (group) {
group.push(talk);
} else {
map.set(track, [talk]);
}
}

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