feat: the Latest feed uses a wide window — filmstrip cards, a day gutter and a filter rail (407 A, D, E)

On the operator's 3432px window the feed was a 900px column, 26% of the width. They picked three options from a to-scale layout study.

A — filmstrip card (PostCard.vue):
- A card measures itself with a ResizeObserver. At 1100px or wider its hero gets a fixed height, clamp(260px, 34vh, 460px), and the extra images move into a 2-column grid of squares beside it. The grid cells are sized from the hero height, so the grid ends flush with the hero.
- The rail cap is 4 cells in this layout (2×2, the last becoming "+N") and 5 in the narrow layout, which is unchanged.
- The description clamp drops to 4 lines, because long reads happen in the expanded view.
- The hero has a height, not a width, so a wide card can't grow into a full-screen post. That was the operator's constraint.

D — day gutter (PostsView.vue):
- The normal feed groups consecutive posts by local day (Today, Yesterday, a weekday, or a date), with post and artist counts for what has loaded.
- Runs rather than date buckets, because the sort key includes resurfaced_at, which the payload doesn't carry. A resurfaced grouping gets its own heading where it actually appears, instead of being pulled out of order.

E — filter rail (PostsView.vue):
- At 1600px and wider, the filters and status ribbon stack in a sticky 280px left rail, and each day's heading sits in a sticky 150px gutter beside its posts.
- Below 1600px the layout is exactly the old one, including the 900px column.

The in-context (post_id) view gets the wide column but no rail or day grouping, so anchor scrolling is untouched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01SHQB1YukL3VyvMK8rcbmV9

frontend/src/components/posts/PostCard.vue

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <template>
-  <v-card class="fc-post-card" variant="outlined">
+  <v-card
+    ref="cardEl" class="fc-post-card" variant="outlined"
+    :class="{ 'fc-post-card--wide': wide }"
+  >
     <div class="fc-post-card__head">
       <!-- Posts with no live subscription have source=null (alembic 0030);
            show a "filesystem import" affordance instead of a platform chip. -->
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@
         </button>
         <div
           v-if="rail.length || moreCount" class="fc-post-card__rail"
-          :style="{ '--fc-rail-cols': railCols }"
+          :style="{ '--fc-rail-cols': railCols, '--fc-grid-cols': Math.min(2, railCols) }"
         >
           <button
             v-for="t in rail" :key="t.image_id" type="button"
@@ -221,20 +224,33 @@ const synthesisTitle = computed(() => {
 })
 
 const hero = computed(() => images.value[0])
-// The thumbnail strip spans the hero's full width (CSS grid, equal columns),
-// rather than a fixed 3-cell cap. Show up to RAIL_MAX cells; when there are
-// more images than fit, the last cell becomes a "+N" overflow tile so the
-// count stays accurate.
-const RAIL_MAX = 5
+
+// Filmstrip layout (milestone #407, option A). On a very wide window a card
+// that just grew would give one post the whole screen, so a WIDE card instead
+// pins the hero to a fixed height and moves the extra images into a 2-column
+// grid BESIDE it. Measured on the card rather than the viewport because the
+// same card renders in the Latest feed, Browse, and the in-context view, each
+// at a different width.
+const WIDE_CARD_PX = 1100
+const cardEl = ref(null)
+const wide = ref(false)
+
+// The narrow layout's strip spans the hero's full width (CSS grid, equal
+// columns); the wide layout's grid is 2×2. Show up to that many cells; when
+// there are more images than fit, the last cell becomes a "+N" overflow tile so
+// the count stays accurate.
+const RAIL_MAX_NARROW = 5
+const RAIL_MAX_WIDE = 4
 const serverMore = computed(() => props.post.thumbnails_more || 0)
 const afterHero = computed(() => images.value.slice(1))
+const railMax = computed(() => (wide.value ? RAIL_MAX_WIDE : RAIL_MAX_NARROW))
 const hasOverflow = computed(
-  () => serverMore.value > 0 || afterHero.value.length > RAIL_MAX,
+  () => serverMore.value > 0 || afterHero.value.length > railMax.value,
 )
 const rail = computed(() =>
   hasOverflow.value
-    ? afterHero.value.slice(0, RAIL_MAX - 1)
-    : afterHero.value.slice(0, RAIL_MAX),
+    ? afterHero.value.slice(0, railMax.value - 1)
+    : afterHero.value.slice(0, railMax.value),
 )
 const visibleCount = computed(() => (images.value.length ? 1 + rail.value.length : 0))
 const moreCount = computed(() => {
@@ -349,8 +365,17 @@ function measureOverflow () {
 }
 
 let ro = null
+let cardRo = null
 onMounted(() => {
   nextTick(measureOverflow)
+  const root = cardEl.value?.$el
+  if (typeof ResizeObserver !== 'undefined' && root) {
+    cardRo = new ResizeObserver((entries) => {
+      const w = entries[0]?.contentRect?.width ?? 0
+      wide.value = w >= WIDE_CARD_PX
+    })
+    cardRo.observe(root)
+  }
   // Re-measure when the card resizes (the container-query clamp differs by
   // width). Guarded for happy-dom / older runtimes without ResizeObserver.
   if (typeof ResizeObserver !== 'undefined' && descEl.value) {
@@ -358,7 +383,10 @@ onMounted(() => {
     ro.observe(descEl.value)
   }
 })
-onBeforeUnmount(() => { if (ro) { ro.disconnect(); ro = null } })
+onBeforeUnmount(() => {
+  if (ro) { ro.disconnect(); ro = null }
+  if (cardRo) { cardRo.disconnect(); cardRo = null }
+})
 
 async function toggleDesc () {
   if (!descExpanded.value) {
@@ -495,6 +523,40 @@ function formatBytes (n) {
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
 }
 
+/* --- Filmstrip layout (wide cards, #407 A) ---------------------------------
+   The hero has a HEIGHT, not a width: a wide card must not turn into a
+   full-screen post, so its height stays roughly a third of the viewport
+   whatever the window's width. The extra images sit beside it as square cells
+   whose size derives from that same height, so the grid always ends flush with
+   the hero's bottom edge. */
+.fc-post-card--wide {
+  --fc-hero-h: clamp(260px, 34vh, 460px);
+  --fc-grid-gap: 8px;
+  --fc-cell: calc((var(--fc-hero-h) - var(--fc-grid-gap)) / 2);
+}
+.fc-post-card--wide .fc-post-card__body { flex-direction: row; gap: 24px; }
+.fc-post-card--wide .fc-post-card__media {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  display: flex;
+  gap: var(--fc-grid-gap);
+}
+.fc-post-card--wide .fc-post-card__hero {
+  width: auto;
+  height: var(--fc-hero-h);
+}
+.fc-post-card--wide .fc-post-card__rail {
+  margin-top: 0;
+  gap: var(--fc-grid-gap);
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(var(--fc-grid-cols, 2), var(--fc-cell));
+  grid-auto-rows: var(--fc-cell);
+}
+.fc-post-card--wide .fc-post-card__rail-cell,
+.fc-post-card--wide .fc-post-card__rail-more { height: 100%; }
+.fc-post-card--wide .fc-post-card__text { flex: 1 1 0; min-width: 0; }
+/* Text is secondary here — long reads happen in the expanded view — so the
+   clamp keeps the text column no taller than the images beside it. */
+.fc-post-card--wide .fc-post-card__desc--clamped { -webkit-line-clamp: 4; }
+
 .fc-post-card__title {
   font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
   font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;

frontend/src/views/PostsView.vue

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <template>
-  <v-container class="pt-2 pb-6" max-width="900">
+  <!-- Width is set in CSS, not with `max-width` here: below 1600px it is
+       today's 900px column, and above it the feed widens and gains the rail
+       and day gutter (milestone #407). -->
+  <v-container fluid class="pt-2 pb-6 fc-posts">
     <!-- In-context view: deep-linked to one post, with bidirectional infinite
          scroll — newer posts load above, older posts below. -->
     <template v-if="postIdFilter != null">
@@ -48,15 +51,19 @@
     </template>
 
     <!-- Normal feed -->
-    <template v-else>
-      <FeedStatusRibbon v-if="statusRibbon" />
-
-      <PostsFilterBar
-        :artist-id="artistFilter"
-        :platform="platformFilter"
-        @update:filters="onFilters"
-      />
+    <div v-else class="fc-posts__layout">
+      <!-- On a wide window this is a sticky left rail (#407 E); below the
+           breakpoint it lays out exactly as the old inline header did. -->
+      <aside class="fc-posts__rail">
+        <PostsFilterBar
+          :artist-id="artistFilter"
+          :platform="platformFilter"
+          @update:filters="onFilters"
+        />
+        <FeedStatusRibbon v-if="statusRibbon" />
+      </aside>
 
+      <div class="fc-posts__main">
       <v-alert v-if="store.error" type="error" variant="tonal" closable class="mb-3">
         {{ String(store.error) }}
       </v-alert>
@@ -74,14 +81,28 @@
       </div>
 
       <div v-else>
-        <PostCard v-for="p in store.items" :key="p.id" :post="p" />
+        <!-- Day groups (#407 D). The heading sits above its posts on a narrow
+             window and in a sticky left gutter on a wide one. -->
+        <section v-for="d in days" :key="d.key" class="fc-posts__day">
+          <header class="fc-posts__day-head">
+            <span class="fc-posts__day-label">{{ d.label }}</span>
+            <span class="fc-posts__day-count">
+              {{ d.posts.length }} post{{ d.posts.length === 1 ? '' : 's' }}
+              · {{ d.artistCount }} artist{{ d.artistCount === 1 ? '' : 's' }}
+            </span>
+          </header>
+          <div class="fc-posts__day-posts">
+            <PostCard v-for="p in d.posts" :key="p.id" :post="p" />
+          </div>
+        </section>
 
         <div ref="sentinel" class="fc-posts__sentinel">
           <v-progress-circular v-if="store.loading" indeterminate color="accent" size="24" />
           <span v-else-if="store.done" class="fc-posts__end">End of stream</span>
         </div>
       </div>
-    </template>
+      </div>
+    </div>
   </v-container>
 </template>
 
@@ -121,6 +142,48 @@ const hasActiveFilter = computed(() =>
   artistFilter.value != null || platformFilter.value != null || searchFilter.value != null
 )
 
+// --- day groups (#407 D) ---
+// CONSECUTIVE runs, not a bucket per date. The feed's sort key includes
+// `resurfaced_at` (a Discord grouping that grew moves back to the top), which
+// the payload does not carry, so a resurfaced post can sit above newer ones.
+// Bucketing by date would pull it out of order; a run gives it its own heading
+// where it actually appears. Counts cover what has LOADED, and grow as the
+// infinite scroll fetches more of the same day.
+function dayKey (iso) {
+  const d = new Date(iso)
+  return `${d.getFullYear()}-${d.getMonth()}-${d.getDate()}`
+}
+function dayLabel (iso) {
+  const d = new Date(iso)
+  const today = new Date()
+  const startOf = (x) => new Date(x.getFullYear(), x.getMonth(), x.getDate()).getTime()
+  const days = Math.round((startOf(today) - startOf(d)) / 86400000)
+  if (days === 0) return 'Today'
+  if (days === 1) return 'Yesterday'
+  if (days > 1 && days < 7) return d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: 'long' })
+  const sameYear = d.getFullYear() === today.getFullYear()
+  return d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
+    month: 'short', day: 'numeric', ...(sameYear ? {} : { year: 'numeric' }),
+  })
+}
+const days = computed(() => {
+  const groups = []
+  for (const p of store.items) {
+    const iso = p.post_date || p.downloaded_at
+    const key = dayKey(iso)
+    let g = groups[groups.length - 1]
+    if (!g || g.dayKey !== key) {
+      // Suffix with the run index so a day that appears twice (see above)
+      // still has a unique v-for key.
+      g = { key: `${key}#${groups.length}`, dayKey: key, label: dayLabel(iso), posts: [], artists: new Set() }
+      groups.push(g)
+    }
+    g.posts.push(p)
+    if (p.artist?.id != null) g.artists.add(p.artist.id)
+  }
+  return groups.map((g) => ({ ...g, artistCount: g.artists.size }))
+})
+
 // Drop only `post_id` and stay where we are — keeps Browse's `tab=posts` (and
 // any active artist/platform scope) intact instead of resetting the surface.
 const allPostsTarget = computed(() => {
@@ -232,6 +295,80 @@ onUnmounted(() => { teardownFeed(); teardownAround() })
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
+/* Below the breakpoint: today's layout exactly — a 900px column with the
+   filters and ribbon inline above the feed. */
+.fc-posts { max-width: 900px; }
+.fc-posts__day-head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 10px;
+  padding: 4px 0 8px;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+}
+.fc-posts__day-label {
+  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: 1rem;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+}
+.fc-posts__day-count { font-size: 0.78rem; }
+
+/* Wide window (#407 D + E). The rail holds filters and status; each day's
+   heading moves into a sticky gutter beside its posts; the column widens and
+   the cards switch to their filmstrip layout on their own (PostCard measures
+   itself). 1600px is where a 280px rail and a 150px gutter still leave a card
+   wide enough to be worth the change. */
+@media (min-width: 1600px) {
+  .fc-posts { max-width: 2360px; }
+  .fc-posts__layout {
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: 280px minmax(0, 1fr);
+    gap: 40px;
+    align-items: start;
+  }
+  .fc-posts__rail {
+    position: sticky;
+    top: calc(var(--fc-nav-h, 64px) + 16px);
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 16px;
+  }
+  .fc-posts__rail :deep(.fc-posts-filters) {
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: stretch;
+    padding-bottom: 0;
+  }
+  .fc-posts__rail :deep(.fc-posts-filters__artist),
+  .fc-posts__rail :deep(.fc-posts-filters__platform) {
+    flex: none;
+    width: 100%;
+    min-width: 0;
+    max-width: none;
+  }
+  .fc-posts__rail :deep(.fc-ribbon) {
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: flex-start;
+    gap: 8px;
+  }
+  .fc-posts__main { max-width: 1900px; }
+  .fc-posts__day {
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: 150px minmax(0, 1fr);
+    gap: 0 24px;
+  }
+  .fc-posts__day-head {
+    position: sticky;
+    top: calc(var(--fc-nav-h, 64px) + 16px);
+    align-self: start;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: flex-end;
+    gap: 2px;
+    padding-top: 12px;
+    text-align: right;
+  }
+  .fc-posts__day-label { font-size: 1.1rem; }
+}
+
 .fc-posts__loading,
 .fc-posts__empty {
   display: flex;