Operator: "the filters in the latest feed, drop down but don't have values". Two separate causes:
- Platform: PostsFilterBar built its items from `platformsStore.platforms`. The platforms store has never had that property; it exposes `list` and `byKey`. The read returned undefined, `|| []` turned that into an empty list, and nothing failed. ArtistsView had copied the same read, so the Browse → Artists platform filter was empty too. Both now read `list` and show platform names rather than raw keys.
- Artist: the autocomplete searched the server only after something was typed (autocomplete returns [] for an empty query by design, which its tests pin). Opening the dropdown therefore showed an empty menu. PostsFilterBar now loads every artist once from a new lightweight `GET /api/artists/names` (id, name, slug; alphabetical; no joins) and filters client-side, so the list is there on open. A deep-linked artist_id now also shows the artist's real name instead of "Artist #id".
Guard: frontend/test/storeUsage.spec.js scans src for `platformsStore.<name>` and fails on any name the store doesn't define, since the frontend CI has no type-checker to catch this. A positive control shows the shipped `platformsStore.platforms` read is flagged, and a vacuity check confirms the scan really walks the tree.
tests/test_api_artists_create.py covers /names.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01SHQB1YukL3VyvMK8rcbmV9
