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## What does this PR do?

This PR adds https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-react-best-practices for your coding agent using `npx add-skill vercel-labs/agent-skills` command

The skills are added to `.claude/`, `.cursor/`, and `.opencode/` directories to provide React and Next.js performance optimization guidance for AI-assisted workflows.

## Updates since last revision

Addressed Cubic AI review feedback for issues with confidence >= 9/10:

- **rerender-dependencies.md** - Replaced `console.log(user.id)` with `fetchUserDetails(user.id)` to avoid logging sensitive information
- **server-after-nonblocking.md** - Removed `sessionCookie` from `logUserAction` call to avoid logging sensitive authentication data, added `await` to async call
- **bundle-conditional.md** - Added `loadError` state and `setLoadError` setter to fix undefined `setEnabled` reference
- **advanced-event-handler-refs.md** - Updated `useWindowEvent` handler signature to accept `Event` parameter and forward it to the stored handler
- **rerender-derived-state.md** - Closed `<nav>` elements in both examples for valid JSX

Fixes applied to both `.claude` and `.cursor` skill directories for consistency.

## Mandatory Tasks (DO NOT REMOVE)

- [x] I have self-reviewed the code (A decent size PR without self-review might be rejected).
- [x] N/A I have updated the developer docs in /docs if this PR makes changes that would require a [documentation change](https://cal.com/docs). If N/A, write N/A here and check the checkbox.
- [x] N/A, I confirm automated tests are in place that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works.

## How should this be tested?

These are documentation files for AI coding agents. No runtime testing required - review the markdown files to verify the example code snippets are correct.

## Checklist for human review

- [ ] Verify example code snippets in the skill files are syntactically correct
- [ ] Confirm the fixes don't introduce new issues in the documentation examples
- [ ] Check that `.claude` and `.cursor` directories have consistent content

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Early Length Check for Array Comparisons MEDIUM-HIGH avoids expensive operations when lengths differ javascript, arrays, performance, optimization, comparison

Early Length Check for Array Comparisons

When comparing arrays with expensive operations (sorting, deep equality, serialization), check lengths first. If lengths differ, the arrays cannot be equal.

In real-world applications, this optimization is especially valuable when the comparison runs in hot paths (event handlers, render loops).

Incorrect (always runs expensive comparison):

function hasChanges(current: string[], original: string[]) {
  // Always sorts and joins, even when lengths differ
  return current.sort().join() !== original.sort().join()
}

Two O(n log n) sorts run even when current.length is 5 and original.length is 100. There is also overhead of joining the arrays and comparing the strings.

Correct (O(1) length check first):

function hasChanges(current: string[], original: string[]) {
  // Early return if lengths differ
  if (current.length !== original.length) {
    return true
  }
  // Only sort/join when lengths match
  const currentSorted = current.toSorted()
  const originalSorted = original.toSorted()
  for (let i = 0; i < currentSorted.length; i++) {
    if (currentSorted[i] !== originalSorted[i]) {
      return true
    }
  }
  return false
}

This new approach is more efficient because:

  • It avoids the overhead of sorting and joining the arrays when lengths differ
  • It avoids consuming memory for the joined strings (especially important for large arrays)
  • It avoids mutating the original arrays
  • It returns early when a difference is found