- Remove large JSON data injection from EJS templates
- Add client-side data-loader utility with cache-busting support
- Create server endpoints for JSON data with long-term caching
- Add graceful failure handling if core data fails to load
- Copy JSON data files to dist/data for static hosting
- Update app initialization to load data asynchronously
- Set serverAvailable flag for static builds in gulp task
This reduces HTML payload size and enables better caching strategies
for both server and static deployment modes.
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