From b5e0f47b802c2a2d8206ebce48ab86faf8a087ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damocles <damocles@darkest.space>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:41:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] perf: replace always-on bargroup shadow with hover-only
 glow

the MultiEffect shadow on every BarGroup was causing 8+ offscreen FBO
renders on every bar redraw. now only activates on hover.
---
 modules/BarGroup.qml | 36 +++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/BarGroup.qml b/modules/BarGroup.qml
index 9a344e5..d790a66 100644
--- a/modules/BarGroup.qml
+++ b/modules/BarGroup.qml
@@ -31,29 +31,10 @@ Item {
     implicitHeight: M.Theme.barHeight - 3 - _pad
 
     readonly property int _pad: 6
+    property bool _hovered: false
 
-    // Shadow source — rendered offscreen, only its glow is visible
-    Rectangle {
-        id: shadowSource
-        anchors.fill: parent
-        color: "transparent"
-        border.color: root.borderColor
-        border.width: 1
-        topLeftRadius: root._tlr
-        topRightRadius: root._trr
-        bottomLeftRadius: root._blr
-        bottomRightRadius: root._brr
-        visible: false
-    }
-
-    MultiEffect {
-        source: shadowSource
-        anchors.fill: shadowSource
-        shadowEnabled: true
-        shadowColor: root.borderColor
-        shadowBlur: 1.0
-        shadowVerticalOffset: 0
-        shadowHorizontalOffset: 0
+    HoverHandler {
+        onHoveredChanged: root._hovered = hovered
     }
 
     // Frosted base — semi-transparent so the bar background bleeds through
@@ -104,7 +85,7 @@ Item {
         }
     }
 
-    // Visible border
+    // Visible border — glow on hover only
     Rectangle {
         anchors.fill: parent
         color: "transparent"
@@ -114,6 +95,15 @@ Item {
         topRightRadius: root._trr
         bottomLeftRadius: root._blr
         bottomRightRadius: root._brr
+
+        layer.enabled: root._hovered
+        layer.effect: MultiEffect {
+            shadowEnabled: true
+            shadowColor: root.borderColor
+            shadowBlur: 1.0
+            shadowVerticalOffset: 0
+            shadowHorizontalOffset: 0
+        }
     }
 
     Row {

From 7ddf13eb62cbc70b5e57c42261059c23ec5a4699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damocles <damocles@darkest.space>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:42:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] perf: reduce nova-stats sysfs read frequency

core frequencies now read every 2nd tick instead of every tick (halves
per-core sysfs I/O). temperature reads moved to every 4th tick.
cpu usage still sampled every tick via /proc/stat.
---
 stats-daemon/src/main.rs | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stats-daemon/src/main.rs b/stats-daemon/src/main.rs
index b206397..838d32f 100644
--- a/stats-daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/stats-daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -201,18 +201,21 @@ fn main() {
     let stdout = io::stdout();
     let mut out = io::BufWriter::new(stdout.lock());
     let mut prev: Vec<Sample> = vec![];
+    let mut freqs: Vec<f64> = vec![];
     let mut tick = 0u64;
 
     loop {
         let t0 = Instant::now();
 
         let curr = read_stat();
-        let freqs = read_core_freqs();
+        if tick.is_multiple_of(2) {
+            freqs = read_core_freqs();
+            emit_mem(&mut out);
+        }
         emit_cpu(&mut out, &prev, &curr, &freqs);
         prev = curr;
 
-        if tick.is_multiple_of(2) {
-            emit_mem(&mut out);
+        if tick.is_multiple_of(4) {
             emit_temp(&mut out);
         }