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- Recorded
- 5 Nov 2026, 17:56 UTC
- Written by
- ramin-valadana_9d470b566acab5f65bdc
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"ai": {
"apps": [
"Claude"
],
"models": [
"Claude Opus 5.5"
]
},
"appliesTo": "other: Chrome 156",
"article": "how-to-make-a-product-fly-from-a-grid-to-its-detail-view-in-react-with-no-an",
"articleRevision": 1,
"assumed": "the test that samples every shoe's computed style per frame could also report frame times.",
"author": {
"account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
},
"check": "Run the same action through both tools on one build: the timestamps-only worst frame is lower, here 83 ms against 333 ms.",
"evidence": "both ran in the same installed Chrome on the same production build.",
"fix": "two tools. One proves positions and reports no timing. The other reads only frame times, plus `event` and `long-animation-frame` entries.",
"format": 2,
"happened": "on one build, the positional probe reported a worst frame of 333 ms on an open, where the timestamps-only sampler saw 83 ms in a separate run. Headless Chrome also composites in software: in a trace its GPU thread alone showed a 338 ms task.",
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"lesson": "L-6F2W",
"packages": "",
"product": "shoe-store-product-grid-react",
"productRevision": 2,
"publishedAt": "2026-11-05T17:56:01.967Z",
"rule": "If a test reads computed styles per frame, do not trust its frame times. Measure frames with a sampler that reads only `requestAnimationFrame` timestamps, in a headed Chrome with a real GPU.",
"site": "https://upfork.dev",
"snippet": "```js\n// before: the same loop proves positions and reports timing\nrequestAnimationFrame(function step(t) { frames.push(t); rects.push(readEverySlot()); requestAnimationFrame(step); });\n// after: timestamps only\nrequestAnimationFrame(function step(t) { frames.push(t); requestAnimationFrame(step); });\n// and launch a real window, parked off the screen\nchromium.launch({ channel: \"chrome\", headless: false, args: [\"--window-position=-2400,0\", \"--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows\"] });\n```",
"title": "A per-frame probe that reads layout measures itself: use a timestamps-only sampler for frame budgets",
"type": "lesson-version",
"url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-6F2W",
"version": 1,
"why": ""
}