Introduce shared cachedFetch helper (lib/data-fetch.js) wrapping
EleventyFetch with two protections:
- 10-second hard timeout via AbortController on every network request,
preventing slow or unresponsive APIs from hanging the build
- 4-hour cache TTL in watch/serve mode (vs 5-15 min originals), so
incremental rebuilds serve from disk cache instead of re-fetching
APIs every time a markdown file changes
All 13 network _data files updated to use cachedFetch. Production
builds keep original short TTLs for fresh data.
Targets the "Data File" benchmark (12,169ms / 32% of incremental
rebuild) — the largest remaining bottleneck after filter memoization.
Confab-Link: http://localhost:8080/sessions/0b241cd6-aff2-4fec-853c-2b5a61e61946
5,137 starred repos in Nunjucks template + Pagefind indexing exceeded
the 2048MB Eleventy heap limit during build. Switched to Alpine.js
client-side rendering:
- _data/githubStarred.js: returns only buildDate (no API fetch)
- starred.njk: fetches /githubapi/api/starred/all via Alpine.js
- Added client-side text search (replaces separate Pagefind index)
- Removed pagefind-starred build step and --exclude-selectors flag
Confab-Link: http://localhost:8080/sessions/b130e9e5-4723-435d-8d5a-fc38113381c9
- New starred.njk page rendering all ~5k starred repos as searchable cards
- Separate Pagefind index (pagefind-starred) for starred-only search
- Alpine.js live updates section for stars added since last build
- Load More pagination (50 at a time, all in DOM)
- githubStarred.js data file fetching from plugin API (1d cache)
- Link from /github/ to /github/starred/
- Exclude starred cards from main site Pagefind index
Confab-Link: http://localhost:8080/sessions/b130e9e5-4723-435d-8d5a-fc38113381c9
