Showcase and gallery were fetching the full initial batch (60 / 50
items) in a single API call. Operator-flagged 2026-05-30: items should
stream in as small batches so they render progressively rather than
blocking on one big response.
- showcase store: PAGE 60 → 5, INITIAL_BATCHES = 12 (5 × 12 = 60, same
total). loadInitial() fetches PAGE chunks in sequence; shuffle()
delegates. fetchPage() still returns one PAGE-sized chunk so
infinite-scroll also pulls 5 per trigger.
- gallery store: loadMore() limit 50 → PAGE (5), INITIAL_BATCHES = 10.
loadInitial() loops loadMore() up to INITIAL_BATCHES times, stopping
early when nextCursor becomes null (end of data).
- ShowcaseView: onMounted calls loadInitial() instead of fetchPage().
Gallery/setTagFilter/setPostFilter already routed through loadInitial.
Net visual effect: each ~5-item batch lands and renders independently;
combined with MasonryGrid's animateFromIndex logic, the showcase now
cascades batches in as they arrive instead of one big pop-in.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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