The Real Neighbors v1.7.1

"Faster, smoother, and less buggy than your neighbor's lawnmower."

✨ What's New

Your gateway to the front page of the internet, now working perfectly.

Progressive Reddit Loading: The "All" tab now smartly loads subreddits progressively! Posts appear instantly one-by-one as they are downloaded, rather than forcing you to stare at a blank screen.
Anti-Block Tech: We upgraded our underground proxy to parse raw RSS feeds instead of JSON, elegantly bypassing Reddit's strict 403 and 429 API rate limits.

Keeping the bots away from our bots.

DeepSeek Authentication: Our AI features and endpoints are now securely locked down and cross-verified with Firebase Auth! This ensures only real neighbors can use the AI, protecting our API keys from being drained.

Fixed the frustrating "Failed to load" error on the Games page so your Personal Best scores actually display correctly again.
Fixed the broken Post Modal on Desktop where massive images would selfishly push the entire comments section off the screen.
Restored real-time comment streams! You no longer have to refresh the page to see your friends replying to your hot takes.
Fixed an ugly visual glitch on the Birthdays page where a native checkbox was awkwardly overlapping the "Show Ages" toggle switch.

Database Engine: Refactored over 50 files to dramatically reduce our Firebase database reads, keeping the app lightning fast and far away from billing limits.
Memory Optimization: Plugged several massive memory leaks by properly cleaning up real-time database listeners whenever you navigate away from pages.
Network Batching: Grouped multiple small background updates (like sending notifications, adding reactions, and updating your "seen" status) into single, highly optimized bulk updates.

Made with 💖 for the neighborhood.

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...1.7.1