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Architecture Diagrams - Performance Optimization
Current Architecture (SLOW ❌)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ User opens application │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Browser requests /api/vault │
│ (Load ALL notes with FULL content) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (5-10 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Server: loadVaultNotes(vaultDir) │
│ ├─ Walk filesystem recursively │
│ ├─ For EACH file: │
│ │ ├─ Read file content │
│ │ ├─ enrichFrontmatterOnOpen() ← EXPENSIVE (YAML parsing, I/O) │
│ │ ├─ Extract title, tags │
│ │ └─ Calculate stats │
│ └─ Return 5-10MB JSON │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (5-10 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Network: Send large JSON payload (5-10MB) │
│ ├─ Compression: gzip reduces to 1-2MB │
│ └─ Transfer time: 2-5 seconds on 4G │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (2-3 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Client: Parse JSON, store in VaultService.allNotes() │
│ ├─ Parse 5-10MB JSON │
│ ├─ Create Note objects for all files │
│ └─ Store in memory (200-300MB) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (2-3 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Render UI │
│ ├─ NotesListComponent renders all items │
│ ├─ AppShellNimbusLayoutComponent initializes │
│ └─ UI becomes interactive │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ⏱️ TOTAL TIME: 15-30 SECONDS ❌ │
│ User can finally interact with the application │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Proposed Architecture (FAST ✅)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ User opens application │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Browser requests /api/vault/metadata │
│ (Load ONLY metadata, NO content, NO enrichment) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (0.5-1 second)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Server: loadVaultMetadataOnly(vaultDir) │
│ ├─ Walk filesystem recursively │
│ ├─ For EACH file: │
│ │ ├─ Read file content (fast) │
│ │ ├─ Extract title from first heading (fast) │
│ │ └─ Get file stats (fast) │
│ ├─ NO enrichFrontmatterOnOpen() ← SKIPPED │
│ ├─ NO tag extraction ← DEFERRED │
│ └─ Return 0.5-1MB JSON (metadata only) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (0.2-0.5 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Network: Send small JSON payload (0.5-1MB) │
│ ├─ Compression: gzip reduces to 100-200KB │
│ └─ Transfer time: < 1 second on 4G │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (0.5-1 second)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Client: Parse JSON, store in VaultService.allNotesMetadata() │
│ ├─ Parse 0.5-1MB JSON (fast) │
│ ├─ Create Note objects with empty content │
│ └─ Store in memory (50-100MB) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (1-2 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Render UI │
│ ├─ NotesListComponent renders all items (metadata only) │
│ ├─ AppShellNimbusLayoutComponent initializes │
│ └─ UI becomes interactive │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ⏱️ TOTAL TIME: 2-4 SECONDS ✅ │
│ User can interact with the application │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ User clicks on a note │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Browser requests /api/files?path=note.md │
│ (Load ONLY this note's content) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (0.2-0.5 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Server: Load and enrich single file │
│ ├─ Read file content │
│ ├─ enrichFrontmatterOnOpen() ← ONLY for this file │
│ ├─ Extract tags │
│ └─ Return file content │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (0.2-0.5 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Network: Send single note content (5-50KB) │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼ (0.2-0.5 seconds)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Client: Update note with full content │
│ ├─ Parse content │
│ ├─ Update VaultService │
│ └─ Render note viewer │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ⏱️ TOTAL TIME: 0.5-1.5 SECONDS ✅ │
│ Note content displayed to user │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Data Flow Comparison
Current Flow (Slow)
App Start
│
├─→ /api/vault (ALL files, ALL content)
│ └─→ Server: loadVaultNotes()
│ ├─ Walk FS: O(n)
│ ├─ Enrich each: O(n) × expensive
│ └─ Return: 5-10MB
│
├─→ Network: 2-5s
│
├─→ Client Parse: 2-3s
│
└─→ Render UI: 2-3s
Total: 15-30 seconds ❌
Proposed Flow (Fast)
App Start
│
├─→ /api/vault/metadata (metadata only)
│ └─→ Server: loadVaultMetadataOnly()
│ ├─ Walk FS: O(n)
│ ├─ NO enrichment: fast
│ └─ Return: 0.5-1MB
│
├─→ Network: < 1s
│
├─→ Client Parse: 0.5-1s
│
├─→ Render UI: 1-2s
│
└─→ UI Interactive: 2-4s ✅
User clicks note
│
├─→ /api/files?path=note.md (single file)
│ └─→ Server: Load and enrich single file
│ ├─ Read: fast
│ ├─ Enrich: only this file
│ └─ Return: 5-50KB
│
├─→ Network: < 1s
│
└─→ Client: Render: 0.5-1s
Total: 0.5-1.5 seconds ✅
Memory Usage Comparison
Current Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Memory Usage (1000 files) │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Server: │
│ ├─ File handles: ~50MB │
│ ├─ Parsed JSON: ~100MB │
│ └─ Enrichment cache: ~50MB │
│ └─ Total: 200MB │
│ │
│ Client: │
│ ├─ JSON payload: ~100MB │
│ ├─ Note objects: ~100MB │
│ └─ DOM nodes: ~50MB │
│ └─ Total: 250MB │
│ │
│ TOTAL: 450MB ❌ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Proposed Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Memory Usage (1000 files) │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Server: │
│ ├─ File handles: ~20MB │
│ ├─ Parsed JSON: ~10MB │
│ └─ Cache (optional): ~30MB │
│ └─ Total: 60MB │
│ │
│ Client: │
│ ├─ JSON payload: ~5MB │
│ ├─ Note objects (metadata): ~20MB │
│ └─ DOM nodes: ~10MB │
│ └─ Total: 35MB │
│ │
│ TOTAL: 95MB ✅ (79% reduction) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Network Payload Comparison
Current Architecture
Request: /api/vault
Response Size: 5-10 MB
Breakdown (1000 files):
├─ Metadata per file: 200 bytes
│ └─ id, title, path, dates: 200 × 1000 = 200KB
│
├─ Content per file: 5KB average
│ └─ Full markdown: 5000 × 1000 = 5MB
│
└─ Tags per file: 100 bytes
└─ Extracted tags: 100 × 1000 = 100KB
Total: ~5.3 MB ❌
Compressed (gzip): ~1-2 MB
Transfer time (4G): 2-5 seconds
Proposed Architecture
Request 1: /api/vault/metadata
Response Size: 0.5-1 MB
Breakdown (1000 files):
├─ Metadata per file: 200 bytes
│ └─ id, title, path, dates: 200 × 1000 = 200KB
│
├─ NO content
│ └─ Saved: 5MB
│
└─ NO tags
└─ Saved: 100KB
Total: ~0.2 MB ✅
Compressed (gzip): ~50-100 KB
Transfer time (4G): < 1 second
Request 2 (on-demand): /api/files?path=note.md
Response Size: 5-50 KB per file
Transfer time: < 1 second per file
Performance Timeline
Current (Slow) Timeline
0s ├─ App starts
│
1s ├─ Network request sent
│
3s ├─ Server processing (loadVaultNotes)
│
8s ├─ Server response received
│
10s ├─ Network transfer complete
│
13s ├─ Client parsing complete
│
15s ├─ UI rendering complete
│
20s ├─ UI interactive ❌
│
30s └─ All features ready
Proposed (Fast) Timeline
0s ├─ App starts
│
0.5s ├─ Network request sent
│
1s ├─ Server processing (loadVaultMetadataOnly)
│
1.5s ├─ Server response received
│
2s ├─ Network transfer complete
│
2.5s ├─ Client parsing complete
│
3s ├─ UI rendering complete
│
4s ├─ UI interactive ✅
│
└─ User clicks note
4.5s ├─ Network request sent
│
5s ├─ Server processing (single file)
│
5.5s ├─ Server response received
│
6s ├─ Network transfer complete
│
6.5s ├─ Client parsing complete
│
7s └─ Note displayed ✅
Component Architecture
Current Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AppComponent │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ├─ VaultService │
│ │ └─ allNotes: Note[] (ALL with content) │
│ │ │
│ ├─ AppShellNimbusLayoutComponent │
│ │ ├─ NotesListComponent │
│ │ │ └─ Renders all notes (with virtual scroll) │
│ │ ├─ NoteViewerComponent │
│ │ │ └─ Shows selected note │
│ │ └─ FileExplorerComponent │
│ │ └─ Shows file tree │
│ │ │
│ └─ Other components... │
│ │
│ Issue: All notes loaded at startup ❌ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Proposed Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AppComponent │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ├─ VaultService │
│ │ ├─ allNotesMetadata: Note[] (metadata only) │
│ │ └─ ensureNoteContent(noteId): Promise<Note> │
│ │ └─ Lazy load content on-demand │
│ │ │
│ ├─ AppShellNimbusLayoutComponent │
│ │ ├─ NotesListComponent │
│ │ │ └─ Renders metadata (fast) │
│ │ ├─ NoteViewerComponent │
│ │ │ └─ Loads content on-demand │
│ │ └─ FileExplorerComponent │
│ │ └─ Shows file tree (from metadata) │
│ │ │
│ └─ Other components... │
│ │
│ Benefit: Fast startup + on-demand loading ✅ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Request/Response Comparison
Current: /api/vault
REQUEST:
GET /api/vault HTTP/1.1
RESPONSE:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 5242880
{
"notes": [
{
"id": "note-1",
"title": "Note 1",
"content": "# Note 1\n\nLong markdown content...",
"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"filePath": "folder/note-1.md",
"originalPath": "folder/note-1",
"fileName": "note-1.md",
"createdAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"mtime": 1234567890,
"frontmatter": { "key": "value" }
},
// ... 999 more notes with full content
]
}
Size: 5-10 MB ❌
Time: 5-10 seconds ❌
Proposed: /api/vault/metadata
REQUEST:
GET /api/vault/metadata HTTP/1.1
RESPONSE:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 524288
[
{
"id": "note-1",
"title": "Note 1",
"filePath": "folder/note-1.md",
"createdAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
},
// ... 999 more notes with metadata only
]
Size: 0.5-1 MB ✅
Time: < 1 second ✅
On-Demand: /api/files?path=...
REQUEST:
GET /api/files?path=folder/note-1.md HTTP/1.1
RESPONSE:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/markdown
Content-Length: 5120
# Note 1
Long markdown content...
Size: 5-50 KB ✅
Time: < 500ms ✅
Scaling Comparison
Current Architecture Scaling
Files Startup Time Memory Network
────────────────────────────────────────────
100 2-3s 50MB 500KB
500 8-12s 150MB 2.5MB
1000 15-30s 300MB 5MB
5000 60-120s 1.5GB 25MB ❌
10000 120-240s 3GB 50MB ❌
Problem: Exponential growth ❌
Proposed Architecture Scaling
Files Startup Time Memory Network
────────────────────────────────────────────
100 0.5-1s 10MB 50KB
500 1-2s 30MB 250KB
1000 2-4s 60MB 500KB
5000 3-5s 200MB 2.5MB ✅
10000 4-6s 300MB 5MB ✅
Benefit: Linear growth ✅
Summary
| Metric | Current | Proposed | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Startup Time | 15-30s | 2-4s | 75% faster |
| Network Payload | 5-10MB | 0.5-1MB | 90% smaller |
| Memory Usage | 200-300MB | 50-100MB | 75% less |
| Time to Interactive | 20-35s | 3-5s | 80% faster |
| Max Files | ~5000 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Complexity | High | Medium | Simpler |
Conclusion: The proposed metadata-first architecture provides dramatic improvements in performance, scalability, and user experience with minimal complexity.