Feat: /home caching for logos and startups

[SimonBurmer]

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added enhanced home page with animated hero section, scrolling partner/startup lists, and rotating news carousel with pagination.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved logo error handling with text fallback displays.

• Style

  • Updated board section layouts with responsive grid formatting for better mobile display.

• Chores

  • Optimized data fetching strategy for improved performance and reduced client-side load.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
start-munich	Building	Preview, Comment	Apr 4, 2026 5:18pm

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ℹ️ Recent review info

⚙️ Run configuration

Configuration used: Organization UI

Review profile: CHILL

Plan: Pro

Run ID: b1c5fd30-97a1-4636-860a-c59120e1421a

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between d55f83d and 9808824.

📒 Files selected for processing (3)

• app/about-us/page.tsx
• app/home/HomeClient.tsx
• app/home/page.tsx

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The changes refactor the home page architecture from a purely client-side implementation to a hybrid server/client approach, moving data fetching to the server with NocoDB integration and caching. A new HomeClient component handles all home page UI rendering. Layout adjustments to the about-us page convert Executive Board and Department Board containers from flex-based to responsive grid-based designs.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
About-Us Layout Updates app/about-us/page.tsx	Replaced flex flex-wrap containers with responsive grid grid-cols-2 base layouts for Executive Board and Department Board sections, maintaining responsive behavior via lg:flex lg:flex-wrap overrides and preserving existing spacing and transition classes.
Home Page Server Component app/home/page.tsx	Converted from client component to async server component with server-side NocoDB data fetching (using xc-token header and cache revalidation every 3600 seconds). Replaced client-side fetchPartners/fetchStartups with server-side variants that filter and map NocoDB records, then pass results as props to HomeClient. Removed dynamic = 'force-dynamic' export.
Home Page UI Client Component app/home/HomeClient.tsx	New 788-line client component encapsulating all home page UI logic: hero background crossfade, animated number sections, rotating "turning phrases," brand/startup carousel sections with error-handling for broken logos, latest news pagination/grid (desktop 3-column + mobile stack), inline script for iframe height updates via ResizeObserver, and style jsx global for numeric table styling.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    participant User as User/Browser
    participant Server as Next.js Server
    participant NocoDB as NocoDB
    participant HomeClient as HomeClient Component
    
    User->>Server: Request /home
    activate Server
    
    Server->>NocoDB: Fetch partners (with xc-token)
    activate NocoDB
    NocoDB-->>Server: Partner records (with filtering by Show, Featured)
    deactivate NocoDB
    
    Server->>NocoDB: Fetch startups (with xc-token)
    activate NocoDB
    NocoDB-->>Server: Startup records (with filtering by Featured/YC/EWOR)
    deactivate NocoDB
    
    Server->>Server: Map NocoDB records to Partner[]/Startup[]<br/>(resolve logoUrl, apply fallbacks)
    
    Server->>HomeClient: Render with initialPartners & initialStartups
    deactivate Server
    
    HomeClient->>HomeClient: Mount component<br/>(useInView, animated numbers, carousel state)
    HomeClient->>User: Deliver HTML + JS
    activate User
    
    User->>HomeClient: User interactions<br/>(scroll, carousel navigation, news pagination)
    HomeClient->>User: Update UI, animate sections, rotate content
    deactivate User

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Estimated code review effort

🎯 4 (Complex) | ⏱️ ~45 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• PR #20 — Directly related architectural changes to home page with initial Partner/Startup interface definitions and client-side fetching; this PR moves that logic to server-side and refactors rendering into HomeClient.
• PR #48 — Modifies the same app/about-us/page.tsx Executive Board portrait layout container, making related responsive grid adjustments.
• PR #42 — Updates app/about-us/page.tsx Executive Board and Department Board card presentation (grid vs. flex layouts), overlapping with the layout changes in this PR.

Poem

🐰 From client-side dreams to server-side streams,
Data flows down with NocoDB beams,
Grid layouts shine where flexbox once stood,
HomeClient renders—the architecture's good! ✨

✨ Finishing Touches

✨ Simplify code

• Create PR with simplified code
• Commit simplified code in branch feat/caching3

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