From 6cfb4b317f0d0705362e114322c7d50102cb92f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner Collin <git@tannercollin.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:02:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Immediately display stories on first load

Co-authored-by: aider (gemini/gemini-2.5-pro) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 webclient/src/Feed.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/webclient/src/Feed.js b/webclient/src/Feed.js
index 1e12d69..be6305f 100644
--- a/webclient/src/Feed.js
+++ b/webclient/src/Feed.js
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ function Feed({ updateCache }) {
 
 					if (!updated) return;
 
+					if (!stories || !stories.length) {
+						setStories(newApiStories);
+						localStorage.setItem('stories', JSON.stringify(newApiStories));
+					}
+
 					let currentStories = Array.isArray(stories) ? [...stories] : [];
 
 					for (const newStory of [...newApiStories].reverse()) {