From 8e3bc9d700b982c733f6bf85b6ea55eb3e5590f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cory McWilliams <cory@unprompted.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 13:25:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ssb: Now add back the about cache, and load times are getting
 good.

---
 apps/ssb.json      |   2 +-
 apps/ssb/tf-app.js | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/ssb.json b/apps/ssb.json
index ae80dfed..f873b906 100644
--- a/apps/ssb.json
+++ b/apps/ssb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"type": "tildefriends-app",
 	"emoji": "🦀",
-	"previous": "&NajVQD/6DKISEDlnyAVYh3NPO/vxMN7ksNZy3FwI378=.sha256"
+	"previous": "&VQsPosjAfr008a6UMb8vKmKxE/WS4DRKEspJL8Lewjw=.sha256"
 }
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
index 78f34c46..a424aadf 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
@@ -152,39 +152,83 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 
 	async fetch_about(following, users) {
 		let ids = Object.keys(following).sort();
-		console.log('loading about for', ids.length, 'accounts');
-		try {
-			let rows = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
-				`
-					SELECT all_abouts.author, json(json_group_object(all_abouts.key, all_abouts.value)) AS about
-					FROM (
-						SELECT
-							messages.author,
-							fields.key,
-							RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY messages.author, fields.key ORDER BY messages.sequence DESC) AS rank,
-							fields.value
-						FROM messages JOIN json_each(messages.content) AS fields
-						WHERE
-							messages.content ->> '$.type' = 'about' AND
-							messages.content ->> '$.about' = messages.author AND
-							NOT fields.key IN ('about', 'type')) all_abouts
-					JOIN json_each(?) AS following ON all_abouts.author = following.value
-					WHERE rank = 1
-					GROUP BY all_abouts.author
-				`,
-				[JSON.stringify(ids)]
-			);
-			users = users || {};
-			for (let row of rows) {
-				users[row.author] = Object.assign(
-					users[row.author] || {},
-					JSON.parse(row.about)
+		const k_cache_version = 2;
+		let cache = await tfrpc.rpc.databaseGet('about');
+		let original_cache = cache;
+		cache = cache ? JSON.parse(cache) : {};
+		if (cache.version !== k_cache_version) {
+			cache = {
+				version: k_cache_version,
+				about: {},
+			};
+		}
+
+		for (let id of Object.keys(cache.about)) {
+			if (ids.indexOf(id) == -1) {
+				delete cache.about[id];
+			} else {
+				users[id] = Object.assign(
+					users[id] || {},
+					cache.about[id]
 				);
 			}
-			console.log('updated users');
-		} catch (e) {
-			console.log(e);
 		}
+
+		let ids_out_of_date = ids.filter(x => cache.about[x]?.seq === undefined || (users[x]?.seq && users[x]?.seq > cache.about[x].seq));
+
+		console.log('loading about for', ids.length, 'accounts', ids_out_of_date.length, 'out of date');
+		if (ids_out_of_date.length) {
+			try {
+				let rows = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
+					`
+						SELECT all_abouts.author, json(json_group_object(all_abouts.key, all_abouts.value)) AS about
+						FROM (
+							SELECT
+								messages.author,
+								fields.key,
+								RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY messages.author, fields.key ORDER BY messages.sequence DESC) AS rank,
+								fields.value
+							FROM messages JOIN json_each(messages.content) AS fields
+							WHERE
+								messages.content ->> '$.type' = 'about' AND
+								messages.content ->> '$.about' = messages.author AND
+								NOT fields.key IN ('about', 'type')) all_abouts
+						JOIN json_each(?) AS following ON all_abouts.author = following.value
+						WHERE rank = 1
+						GROUP BY all_abouts.author
+					`,
+					[JSON.stringify(ids_out_of_date)]
+				);
+				users = users || {};
+				for (let row of rows) {
+					users[row.author] = Object.assign(
+						users[row.author] || {},
+						JSON.parse(row.about)
+					);
+					cache.about[row.author] = Object.assign(
+						{seq: users[row.author].seq},
+						JSON.parse(row.about)
+					);
+				}
+			} catch (e) {
+				console.log(e);
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (let id of ids_out_of_date) {
+			if (!cache.about[id]?.seq) {
+				cache.about[id] = {seq: users[id]?.seq ?? 0};
+			}
+		};
+
+		let new_cache = JSON.stringify(cache);
+		if (new_cache != original_cache) {
+			let start_time = new Date();
+			tfrpc.rpc.databaseSet('about', new_cache).then(function() {
+				console.log('saving about took', (new Date() - start_time) / 1000);
+			});
+		}
+
 		return Object.assign({}, users);
 	}
 
@@ -365,7 +409,7 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 		for (let row of info) {
 			users[row.author] = Object.assign(
 				{
-					seq: row.max_seq,
+					seq: row.max_sequence,
 					ts: row.max_ts,
 				},
 				users[row.author]