Pulse devlog, v1.1.

Pulse just got a social layer. The big focus this update was making the app actually feel alive. Paper trading in isolation is fine for learning, but competing and building with friends is what makes it stick, so I spent this session wiring up the core social infrastructure.

Friends & Following lets you find and follow other traders and see their activity in your feed in real time. Follow relationships are stored in Firestore with live listeners so updates come through instantly without polling. 
Groups lets you create a crew and compete on portfolio returns. 
Leaderboard rankings are calculated server-side on write so the client never has to do heavy math. 
Profile Pictures mean you can finally put a face to the handle. 
Images get compressed under 200 KB on the client before uploading to keep storage costs reasonable.
UI Improvements include a full app redesign, a contrast pass across every screen, and a spacing system refactor that brought load time down around 18%.

Up next: DMs, trade reactions, push notifications for follower activity, and a proper onboarding flow for new users.

Check it out at tinyurl.com/pulseofficial