From f193239c60cc2472104da2a7eb88062ccf318de1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Saket Reddy <144753536+SaketR3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:44:02 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize fetching projects

---
 src/routes/+layout.server.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.server.ts b/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
index 674178d4..31d49a06 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ export function load({ locals }) {
 }
 
 async function getSemesters(contentWrapper: ContentWrapper) {
-  const projects: Project[] = await contentWrapper.get("project");
+  // const projects: Project[] = await contentWrapper.get("project");
+
+  // OPTIMIZATION: Only fetch the 'semester' field 
+  // We use 'select' to filter out images, descriptions, and other heavy data 
+  const projects: Project[] = await contentWrapper.get("project", {
+    select: "fields.semester", 
+  });
 
   const { semesters } = generateProjectsInfo(projects);