User pain point: skeleton loading.tsx files made the app feel like
a sequence of page reloads, exposing backend latency. Replaced with
a single 1px shimmer bar + crossfade via React's <ViewTransition>.
Changes:
- Enable experimental.viewTransition in next.config.ts
- Add SmoothViewTransition wrapper (ViewTransition name=page-content)
- Add LoadingFade component: thin animated bar instead of skeleton
- Add RouteAnnouncer for a11y (screen readers + focus reset)
- Add ::view-transition-old/new CSS for the crossfade (220ms, no
jarring slide, respects prefers-reduced-motion)
- Wrap admin/tuxedo/IRD layout children in SmoothViewTransition
(sidebar/header/footer stay mounted; only the body fades)
- Replace 19 skeleton loading.tsx files with the fade component
Result: navigation now feels like a single app, not a series of
preload-and-render events. The user never sees a 'skeleton of the
page they're about to load.'
Server-side / caching refactor (Grok):
- New RPC get_public_stops_for_brand (migration 148) for public storefront stops
- New server action getPublicStopsForBrand with revalidate=300 + tags
- Add revalidateTag invalidation to createStopsBatch + publishStop
- Convert /tuxedo/stops and /indian-river-direct/stops to Server Components
- Extract TuxedoStopsList + IndianRiverStopsList as client islands (GSAP only)
- Removes supabase-js from browser bundle on those routes
- Both pages now statically prerendered (5m ISR)
Parallel agent changes also staged:
- AI provider model list refresh (claude-sonnet-4-5, etc.)
- ESLint directive patches for react-hooks/set-state-in-effect
- Admin + storefront + checkout + cart updates
- New admin_create_stop_rpcs migration (147)
- Misc fixes across ~90 files
Build verified: typecheck clean, lint clean on new files, production build succeeds.
Tyler
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