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Overview

Replaced the GPU-intensive Continuous Aurora Background Animation with a more efficient, lightweight background system to improve performance and reduce GPU usage.

Changes Made

🎨 Aurora Background Component (src/components/ui/aurora-background.tsx)

Before:

  • Heavy blur effects (blur-[100px], blur-[120px], blur-[90px])
  • Continuous 60-second linear animations with animate-aurora
  • Complex gradient animations with background-position changes
  • Multiple layered animated elements with pseudo-elements
  • GPU-intensive transform3d and will-change properties

After:

  • Static gradient base with subtle color transitions
  • Minimal animated overlay with gentle movement
  • Optional subtle particle effects using CSS-only animations
  • Significantly reduced GPU usage
  • Maintained visual appeal with better performance

🎭 CSS Animations (src/app/globals.css)

Removed:

  • @keyframes aurora - Complex background-position animation
  • .animate-aurora - GPU-intensive animation class

Added:

  • @keyframes gentle-shift - Subtle gradient movement (20s duration)
  • @keyframes float-slow - Gentle particle floating (15s duration)
  • @keyframes float-delayed - Delayed particle animation (18s duration)
  • @keyframes float-gentle - Rotating particle animation (22s duration)

⚙️ Tailwind Configuration (tailwind.config.js)

Updated animation definitions:

  • Removed aurora keyframe and animation
  • Added new efficient animation classes

🚀 Performance Benefits

GPU Usage Reduction

  • Before: Continuous GPU layer creation with transform3d and will-change
  • After: Minimal GPU usage with simple transform and opacity changes

Animation Efficiency

  • Before: Complex background-position animations running every frame
  • After: Simple transform and opacity animations with longer durations

Battery Life

  • Before: High GPU usage leading to increased power consumption
  • After: Minimal resource usage improving battery life on mobile devices

🧪 Testing Results

  • ✅ Homepage loads with new efficient background
  • ✅ Results page displays correctly with new background
  • ✅ Visual appeal maintained while reducing GPU usage
  • ✅ Animations are smooth and subtle
  • ✅ No performance degradation observed
  • ✅ Respects prefers-reduced-motion settings for accessibility

📚 Documentation

Added comprehensive documentation in BACKGROUND_OPTIMIZATION.md detailing:

  • Technical implementation details
  • Performance improvements
  • Browser compatibility
  • Migration notes
  • Future improvement suggestions

🔧 Migration Notes

  • No breaking changes to component API
  • Existing AuroraBackground component usage remains the same
  • All pages using the component automatically benefit from the optimization
  • No additional configuration required

This change significantly improves the application's performance while maintaining the visual appeal of the background animations.


Pull Request opened by Augment Code with guidance from the PR author

aj47 and others added 14 commits June 18, 2025 20:39
🎯 Key Features:
• Complete mobile-first responsive design overhaul
• Fixed critical scrolling issues across all devices
• Removed rate limiting for unlimited generations
• Enhanced touch targets and mobile navigation

📱 Mobile Responsiveness:
• Added proper viewport meta configuration
• Responsive typography scaling (text-sm sm:text-base md:text-lg)
• Mobile-optimized button sizes and spacing
• Responsive grid layouts (1 col mobile → 2 col tablet → 3 col desktop)
• Improved touch targets (min 44px height)
• Custom breakpoint added (xs: 475px)

🔧 Scrolling Fixes:
• Fixed AuroraBackground height constraints (h-[100vh] → min-h-screen)
• Removed nested scrolling contexts causing conflicts
• Fixed HTML/body height issues preventing scroll
• Added smooth scrolling behavior
• Eliminated overflow hidden conflicts

🎨 Component Improvements:
• BrowserContainer: Responsive padding and sizing
• RainbowButton: Mobile-optimized dimensions
• HeroGeometric: Better responsive text scaling
• Results page: Improved container structure
• Example buttons: Hidden labels on mobile for space

🚀 Performance & UX:
• Eliminated unnecessary height calculations
• Improved rendering performance
• Better memory usage with natural content flow
• Cross-device compatibility tested
• Keyboard navigation support

✅ Tested on:
• Mobile (375px) - iPhone SE/X size
• Tablet (768px) - iPad size
• Desktop (1280px) - Standard desktop
• All scrolling methods (touch, keyboard, mouse)

This update transforms the app into a truly responsive, mobile-first experience
with seamless scrolling and professional polish across all device sizes.
- Fix memory leaks in RateLimiter, VoiceInput, and AnimatedHero components
- Add React.memo and useCallback optimizations to prevent unnecessary re-renders
- Implement API call throttling to reduce system load
- Add lazy loading for Monaco Editor to reduce initial bundle size
- Optimize CSS animations with hardware acceleration and reduced motion support
- Add performance monitoring utilities and debouncing hooks
- Configure webpack bundle splitting for better caching
- Add comprehensive documentation of optimizations

This should significantly reduce CPU and memory usage during app operation.
# Conflicts:
#	nextjs-web-app/PERFORMANCE_OPTIMIZATIONS.md
#	nextjs-web-app/next.config.ts
#	nextjs-web-app/src/app/api/generate/route.ts
#	nextjs-web-app/src/app/globals.css
#	nextjs-web-app/src/app/page.tsx
#	nextjs-web-app/src/app/results/page.tsx
#	nextjs-web-app/src/components/AppTile.tsx
#	nextjs-web-app/src/components/CodePreviewPanel.tsx
#	nextjs-web-app/src/components/ui/browser-container.tsx
#	nextjs-web-app/src/components/ui/shape-landing-hero.tsx
- Removed performance monitoring utilities (PerformanceMonitor class, measurePerformance function)
- Removed debouncing hooks (useDebounce, useDebouncedCallback)
- Removed lazy loading component (LazyLoad)
- Removed performance metrics UI component (PerformanceMetrics)
- Removed rate limiting logic and RateLimiter service
- Removed performance documentation (PERFORMANCE_OPTIMIZATIONS.md)
- Simplified next.config.ts by removing webpack optimizations
- Removed throttling delays in API generation calls
- Removed performance.now() timing measurements
- Removed performance-related keyboard shortcuts
- Cleaned up performance-related comments and documentation
- Removed backup file (original-results.tsx)

The application now focuses on core functionality without performance monitoring overhead.
Remove all performance monitoring code and processes
… animation

- Replace continuous aurora animation with lightweight gradient background
- Remove heavy blur effects (blur-[100px], blur-[120px], blur-[90px])
- Add subtle particle animations with longer durations (15-22s vs 60s)
- Reduce GPU usage by eliminating transform3d and will-change properties
- Maintain visual appeal while dramatically improving performance
- Add comprehensive documentation of optimization benefits

Performance improvements:
- Reduced GPU layer creation and rendering overhead
- Eliminated complex background-position animations
- Improved battery life on mobile devices
- Maintained accessibility with reduced motion support

Files changed:
- aurora-background.tsx: New efficient gradient design
- globals.css: Replace aurora keyframes with gentle animations
- tailwind.config.js: Update animation definitions
- BACKGROUND_OPTIMIZATION.md: Detailed performance documentation
- Updated HeroGeometric component to accept numWebsites prop
- Changed hardcoded '9 separate websites' to use dynamic value
- Now displays correct number based on user selection (1-6)
- Keep efficient background animations over old aurora animation
- Maintain performance optimizations while integrating remote updates
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