The flat Projects grid was overwhelming at 50-100 repos. Explored the UX with
4 parallel agents (auto-grouping / manual folders / density-segmentation /
competitive research); all converged on namespace auto-grouping as the primary
fix — the dotted repo names (Billo.Platform.*, Billo.Infrastructure.*) already
encode the hierarchy, so it's a string-split, not a taxonomy the user builds.
Frontend:
- groupProjects(): depth-2 namespace grouping, >=2-member threshold (singletons
fall to "Other"), degrade-to-flat when repos share no prefix, running projects
duplicated into a pinned "Active now" section.
- displayLabel(): cards show the namespace tail (Payment, not
Billo.Platform.Payment); full name in Active/Other.
- Collapsible sticky group headers with an "N active" badge so a collapsed
section never hides running work; search force-expands matching groups.
- public/prefs.ts: server-first load with a localStorage offline mirror, migrates
the legacy per-device proj-favs.
Backend (server-side prefs so favourites + collapse-state follow the user across
devices — localStorage was per-device, which broke the multi-device premise):
- src/http/prefs-store.ts: ~/.web-terminal-prefs.json store (mirrors push-store),
every field bounded + sanitized.
- GET /prefs (read-only) + PUT /prefs (Origin-guarded); UiPrefs type +
PREFS_STORE_PATH config.
Tests: +12 prefs-store, +21 groupProjects/displayLabel. Full suite 1227 passed.
Verified live: grouping renders, collapse persists to the server and survives a
full page reload (cross-device sync proven end-to-end).
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