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-rwxr-xr-xsrc/upd8.js508
-rw-r--r--src/write/build-modes/live-dev-server.js16
2 files changed, 418 insertions, 106 deletions
diff --git a/src/upd8.js b/src/upd8.js
index 2318277..408ad88 100755
--- a/src/upd8.js
+++ b/src/upd8.js
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ async function main() {
     linkWikiDataArrays:
       {...defaultStepStatus, name: `link wiki data arrays`},
 
+    precacheCommonData:
+      {...defaultStepStatus, name: `precache common data`},
+
     filterDuplicateDirectories:
       {...defaultStepStatus, name: `filter duplicate directories`},
 
@@ -141,8 +144,8 @@ async function main() {
     sortWikiDataArrays:
       {...defaultStepStatus, name: `sort wiki data arrays`},
 
-    precacheData:
-      {...defaultStepStatus, name: `precache data`},
+    precacheAllData:
+      {...defaultStepStatus, name: `precache nearly all data`},
 
     loadInternalDefaultLanguage:
       {...defaultStepStatus, name: `load internal default language`},
@@ -255,6 +258,11 @@ async function main() {
       type: 'flag',
     },
 
+    'skip-reference-validation': {
+      help: `Skips checking and reporting reference errors, which speeds up the build but may silently allow erroneous data to pass through`,
+      type: 'flag',
+    },
+
     // Thum8nail gener8tion is *usually* something you want, 8ut it can 8e
     // kinda a pain to run every time, since it does necessit8te reading
     // every media file at run time. Pass this to skip it.
@@ -327,18 +335,18 @@ async function main() {
       type: 'flag',
     },
 
-    // Compute ALL data properties before moving on to building. This ensures
-    // writes are processed at a stable speed (since they don't have to perform
-    // any additional data computation besides what is done for the page
-    // itself), but it'll also take a long while for the initial caching to
-    // complete. This shouldn't have any overall difference on efficiency as
-    // it's the same amount of processing being done regardless; the option is
-    // mostly present for optimization testing (i.e. if you want to focus on
-    // efficiency of data calculation or write generation separately instead of
-    // mixed together).
-    'precache-data': {
-      help: `Compute all runtime-cached values for wiki data objects before proceeding to site build (optimizes rate of content generation/serving, but waits a lot longer before build actually starts, and may compute data which is never required for this build)`,
-      type: 'flag',
+    'precache-mode': {
+      help:
+        `Change the way certain runtime-computed values are preemptively evaluated and cached\n\n` +
+        `common: Preemptively compute certain properties which are needed for basic data loading and site generation\n\n` +
+        `all: Compute every visible data property, optimizing rate of content generation, but causing a long stall before the build actually starts\n\n` +
+        `none: Don't preemptively compute any values - strictly the most efficient, but may result in unpredictably "lopsided" performance for individual steps of loading data and building the site\n\n` +
+        `Defaults to 'common'`,
+      type: 'value',
+      validate(value) {
+        if (['common', 'all', 'none'].includes(value)) return true;
+        return 'common, all, or none';
+      },
     },
   };
 
@@ -447,6 +455,7 @@ async function main() {
   const migrateThumbs = cliOptions['migrate-thumbs'] ?? false;
   const skipThumbs = cliOptions['skip-thumbs'] ?? false;
   const thumbsOnly = cliOptions['thumbs-only'] ?? false;
+  const skipReferenceValidation = cliOptions['skip-reference-validation'] ?? false;
   const noBuild = cliOptions['no-build'] ?? false;
 
   showStepStatusSummary = cliOptions['show-step-summary'] ?? false;
@@ -456,7 +465,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   const showAggregateTraces = cliOptions['show-traces'] ?? false;
 
-  const precacheData = cliOptions['precache-data'] ?? false;
+  const precacheMode = cliOptions['precache-mode'] ?? 'common';
   const showInvalidPropertyAccesses = cliOptions['show-invalid-property-accesses'] ?? false;
 
   // Makes writing nicer on the CPU and file I/O parts of the OS, with a
@@ -488,7 +497,91 @@ async function main() {
     });
   }
 
-  stepStatusSummary.determineMediaCachePath.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  // Prepare not-applicable steps before anything else.
+
+  if (skipThumbs) {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.generateThumbnails, {
+      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+      annotation: `provided --skip-thumbs`,
+    });
+  } else {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadThumbnailCache, {
+      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+      annotation: `using cache from thumbnail generation`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (!migrateThumbs) {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.migrateThumbnails, {
+      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+      annotation: `--migrate-thumbs not provided`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (skipReferenceValidation) {
+    logWarn`Skipping reference validation. If any reference errors are present`;
+    logWarn`in data, they will be silently passed along to the build.`;
+
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.filterReferenceErrors, {
+      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+      annotation: `--skip-reference-validation provided`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  switch (precacheMode) {
+    case 'common':
+      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheAllData, {
+        status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+        annotation: `--precache-mode is common, not all`,
+      });
+
+      break;
+
+    case 'all':
+      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheCommonData, {
+        status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+        annotation: `--precache-mode is all, not common`,
+      });
+
+      break;
+
+    case 'none':
+      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheCommonData, {
+        status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+        annotation: `--precache-mode is none`,
+      });
+
+      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheAllData, {
+        status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+        annotation: `--precache-mode is none`,
+      });
+
+      break;
+  }
+
+  if (!langPath) {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadLanguageFiles, {
+      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+      annotation: `neither --lang-path nor HSMUSIC_LANG provided`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (noBuild) {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.performBuild, {
+      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
+      annotation: `--no-build provided`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (skipThumbs && thumbsOnly) {
+    logInfo`Well, you've put yourself rather between a roc and a hard place, hmmmm?`;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.determineMediaCachePath, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   const {mediaCachePath, annotation: mediaCachePathAnnotation} =
     await determineMediaCachePath({
@@ -523,6 +616,7 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.determineMediaCachePath, {
       status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
       annotation: mediaCachePathAnnotation,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
 
     return false;
@@ -533,10 +627,14 @@ async function main() {
   Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.determineMediaCachePath, {
     status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
     annotation: mediaCachePathAnnotation,
+    timeEnd: Date.now(),
   });
 
   if (migrateThumbs) {
-    stepStatusSummary.migrateThumbnails.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.migrateThumbnails, {
+      status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+      timeStart: Date.now(),
+    });
 
     const result = await migrateThumbsIntoDedicatedCacheDirectory({
       mediaPath,
@@ -548,20 +646,21 @@ async function main() {
       Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.migrateThumbnails, {
         status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
         annotation: `view log for details`,
+        timeEnd: Date.now(),
       });
+
       return false;
     }
 
-    stepStatusSummary.migrateThumbnails.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
-
     logInfo`Good to go! Run hsmusic again without ${'--migrate-thumbs'} to start`;
     logInfo`using the migrated media cache.`;
-    return true;
-  } else {
+
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.migrateThumbnails, {
-      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
-      annotation: `--migrate-thumbs not provided`,
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
+
+    return true;
   }
 
   const niceShowAggregate = (error, ...opts) => {
@@ -572,27 +671,18 @@ async function main() {
     });
   };
 
-  if (skipThumbs && thumbsOnly) {
-    logInfo`Well, you've put yourself rather between a roc and a hard place, hmmmm?`;
-    return false;
-  }
-
   let thumbsCache;
 
   if (skipThumbs) {
-    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.generateThumbnails, {
-      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
-      annotation: `provided --skip-thumbs`,
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadThumbnailCache, {
+      status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+      timeStart: Date.now(),
     });
 
-    stepStatusSummary.loadThumbnailCache.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
-
     const thumbsCachePath = path.join(mediaCachePath, thumbsCacheFile);
 
     try {
       thumbsCache = JSON.parse(await readFile(thumbsCachePath));
-      logInfo`Thumbnail cache file successfully read.`;
-      stepStatusSummary.loadThumbnailCache.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
     } catch (error) {
       if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
         logError`The thumbnail cache doesn't exist, and it's necessary to build`
@@ -603,6 +693,7 @@ async function main() {
         Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadThumbnailCache, {
           status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
           annotation: `cache does not exist`,
+          timeEnd: Date.now(),
         });
 
         return false;
@@ -619,20 +710,26 @@ async function main() {
         Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadThumbnailCache, {
           status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
           annotation: `cache malformed or unreadable`,
+          timeEnd: Date.now(),
         });
 
         return false;
       }
     }
 
-    logInfo`Skipping thumbnail generation.`;
-  } else {
+    logInfo`Thumbnail cache file successfully read.`;
+
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadThumbnailCache, {
-      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
-      annotation: `using cache from thumbnail generation`,
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
 
-    stepStatusSummary.generateThumbnails.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+    logInfo`Skipping thumbnail generation.`;
+  } else {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.generateThumbnails, {
+      status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+      timeStart: Date.now(),
+    });
 
     logInfo`Begin thumbnail generation... -----+`;
 
@@ -651,12 +748,16 @@ async function main() {
       Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.generateThumbnails, {
         status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
         annotation: `view log for details`,
+        timeEnd: Date.now(),
       });
 
       return false;
     }
 
-    stepStatusSummary.generateThumbnails.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.generateThumbnails, {
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
+    });
 
     if (thumbsOnly) {
       return true;
@@ -677,7 +778,10 @@ async function main() {
     CacheableObject.DEBUG_SLOW_TRACK_INVALID_PROPERTIES = true;
   }
 
-  stepStatusSummary.loadDataFiles.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadDataFiles, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   let processDataAggregate, wikiDataResult;
 
@@ -693,6 +797,7 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadDataFiles, {
       status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
       annotation: `javascript error - view log for details`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
 
     return false;
@@ -737,15 +842,7 @@ async function main() {
     } catch (error) {
       niceShowAggregate(error);
       logWarn`The above errors were detected while processing data files.`;
-      logWarn`If the remaining valid data is complete enough, the wiki will`;
-      logWarn`still build - but all errored data will be skipped.`;
-      logWarn`(Resolve errors for more complete output!)`;
       errorless = false;
-
-      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadDataFiles, {
-        status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
-        annotation: `view log for details`,
-      });
     }
 
     if (!wikiData.wikiInfo) {
@@ -754,6 +851,7 @@ async function main() {
       Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadDataFiles, {
         status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
         annotation: `wiki info object not available`,
+        timeEnd: Date.now(),
       });
 
       return false;
@@ -761,7 +859,21 @@ async function main() {
 
     if (errorless) {
       logInfo`All data files processed without any errors - nice!`;
-      stepStatusSummary.loadDataFiles.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+
+      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadDataFiles, {
+        status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+        timeEnd: Date.now(),
+      });
+    } else {
+      logWarn`If the remaining valid data is complete enough, the wiki will`;
+      logWarn`still build - but all errored data will be skipped.`;
+      logWarn`(Resolve errors for more complete output!)`;
+
+      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadDataFiles, {
+        status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
+        annotation: `view log for details`,
+        timeEnd: Date.now(),
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -769,16 +881,93 @@ async function main() {
   // complete, so properties (like dates!) are inherited where that's
   // appropriate.
 
-  stepStatusSummary.linkWikiDataArrays.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.linkWikiDataArrays, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   linkWikiDataArrays(wikiData);
 
-  stepStatusSummary.linkWikiDataArrays.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.linkWikiDataArrays, {
+    status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+    timeEnd: Date.now(),
+  });
+
+  if (precacheMode === 'common') {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheCommonData, {
+      status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+      timeStart: Date.now(),
+    });
+
+    const commonDataMap = {
+      albumData: new Set([
+        // Needed for sorting
+        'date', 'tracks',
+        // Needed for computing page paths
+        'commentary',
+      ]),
+
+      artTagData: new Set([
+        // Needed for computing page paths
+        'isContentWarning',
+      ]),
+
+      artistAliasData: new Set([
+        // Needed for computing page paths
+        'aliasedArtist',
+      ]),
+
+      flashData: new Set([
+        // Needed for sorting
+        'act', 'date',
+      ]),
+
+      flashActData: new Set([
+        // Needed for sorting
+        'flashes',
+      ]),
+
+      groupData: new Set([
+        // Needed for computing page paths
+        'albums',
+      ]),
+
+      listingSpec: new Set([
+        // Needed for computing page paths
+        'contentFunction', 'featureFlag',
+      ]),
+
+      trackData: new Set([
+        // Needed for sorting
+        'album', 'date',
+        // Needed for computing page paths
+        'commentary',
+      ]),
+    };
+
+    for (const [wikiDataKey, properties] of Object.entries(commonDataMap)) {
+      const thingData = wikiData[wikiDataKey];
+      const allProperties = new Set(['name', 'directory', ...properties]);
+      for (const thing of thingData) {
+        for (const property of allProperties) {
+          void thing[property];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheCommonData, {
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
+    });
+  }
 
   // Filter out any things with duplicate directories throughout the data,
   // warning about them too.
 
-  stepStatusSummary.filterDuplicateDirectories.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.filterDuplicateDirectories, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   const filterDuplicateDirectoriesAggregate =
     filterDuplicateDirectories(wikiData);
@@ -786,7 +975,11 @@ async function main() {
   try {
     filterDuplicateDirectoriesAggregate.close();
     logInfo`No duplicate directories found - nice!`;
-    stepStatusSummary.filterDuplicateDirectories.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.filterDuplicateDirectories, {
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
+    });
   } catch (aggregate) {
     niceShowAggregate(aggregate);
 
@@ -798,6 +991,7 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.filterDuplicateDirectories, {
       status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
       annotation: `duplicate directories found`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
 
     return false;
@@ -806,38 +1000,58 @@ async function main() {
   // Filter out any reference errors throughout the data, warning about them
   // too.
 
-  stepStatusSummary.filterReferenceErrors.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  if (!skipReferenceValidation) {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.filterReferenceErrors, {
+      status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+      timeStart: Date.now(),
+    });
 
-  const filterReferenceErrorsAggregate = filterReferenceErrors(wikiData);
+    const filterReferenceErrorsAggregate = filterReferenceErrors(wikiData);
 
-  try {
-    filterReferenceErrorsAggregate.close();
-    logInfo`All references validated without any errors - nice!`;
-    stepStatusSummary.filterReferenceErrors.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
-  } catch (error) {
-    niceShowAggregate(error);
+    try {
+      filterReferenceErrorsAggregate.close();
 
-    logWarn`The above errors were detected while validating references in data files.`;
-    logWarn`The wiki will still build, but these connections between data objects`;
-    logWarn`will be completely skipped. Resolve the errors for more complete output.`;
+      logInfo`All references validated without any errors - nice!`;
 
-    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.filterReferenceErrors, {
-      status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
-      annotation: `view log for details`,
-    });
+      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.filterReferenceErrors, {
+        status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+        timeEnd: Date.now(),
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      niceShowAggregate(error);
+
+      logWarn`The above errors were detected while validating references in data files.`;
+      logWarn`The wiki will still build, but these connections between data objects`;
+      logWarn`will be completely skipped. Resolve the errors for more complete output.`;
+
+      Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.filterReferenceErrors, {
+        status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
+        annotation: `view log for details`,
+        timeEnd: Date.now(),
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   // Sort data arrays so that they're all in order! This may use properties
   // which are only available after the initial linking.
 
-  stepStatusSummary.sortWikiDataArrays.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.sortWikiDataArrays, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   sortWikiDataArrays(wikiData);
 
-  stepStatusSummary.sortWikiDataArrays.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.sortWikiDataArrays, {
+    status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+    timeEnd: Date.now(),
+  });
 
-  if (precacheData) {
-    stepStatusSummary.precacheData.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  if (precacheMode === 'all') {
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheAllData, {
+      status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+      timeStart: Date.now(),
+    });
 
     // TODO: Aggregate errors here, instead of just throwing.
     progressCallAll('Caching all data values', Object.entries(wikiData)
@@ -851,34 +1065,35 @@ async function main() {
       .flatMap(([_key, things]) => things)
       .map(thing => () => CacheableObject.cacheAllExposedProperties(thing)));
 
-    stepStatusSummary.precacheData.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
-  } else {
-    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheData, {
-      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
-      annotation: `--precache-data not provided`,
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.precacheAllData, {
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
   }
 
   if (noBuild) {
-    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.performBuild, {
-      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
-      annotation: `--no-build provided`,
-    });
-
     displayCompositeCacheAnalysis();
 
-    if (precacheData) {
+    if (precacheMode === 'all') {
       return true;
     }
   }
 
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadInternalDefaultLanguage, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
+
   let internalDefaultLanguage;
 
   try {
     internalDefaultLanguage =
       await processLanguageFile(path.join(__dirname, DEFAULT_STRINGS_FILE));
 
-    stepStatusSummary.loadInternalDefaultLanguage.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadInternalDefaultLanguage, {
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
+    });
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error);
 
@@ -888,6 +1103,7 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadInternalDefaultLanguage, {
       status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
       annotation: `see log for details`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
 
     return false;
@@ -896,7 +1112,10 @@ async function main() {
   let languages;
 
   if (langPath) {
-    stepStatusSummary.loadLanguageFiles.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadLanguageFiles, {
+      status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+      timeStart: Date.now(),
+    });
 
     const languageDataFiles = await traverse(langPath, {
       filterFile: name => path.extname(name) === '.json',
@@ -919,6 +1138,7 @@ async function main() {
       Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadLanguageFiles, {
         status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
         annotation: `see log for details`,
+        timeEnd: Date.now(),
       });
 
       return false;
@@ -928,17 +1148,18 @@ async function main() {
       Object.fromEntries(
         results.map((language) => [language.code, language]));
 
-    stepStatusSummary.loadLanguageFiles.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
-  } else {
-    languages = {};
-
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.loadLanguageFiles, {
-      status: STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE,
-      annotation: `neither --lang-path nor HSMUSIC_LANG provided`,
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
+  } else {
+    languages = {};
   }
 
-  stepStatusSummary.initializeDefaultLanguage.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.initializeDefaultLanguage, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   const customDefaultLanguage =
     languages[wikiData.wikiInfo.defaultLanguage ?? internalDefaultLanguage.code];
@@ -952,6 +1173,7 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.initializeDefaultLanguage, {
       status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
       annotation: `using wiki-specified custom default language`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
   } else if (wikiData.wikiInfo.defaultLanguage) {
     logError`Wiki info file specified default language is ${wikiData.wikiInfo.defaultLanguage}, but no such language file exists!`;
@@ -964,6 +1186,7 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.initializeDefaultLanguage, {
       status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
       annotation: `wiki specifies default language whose file is not available`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
 
     return false;
@@ -975,6 +1198,7 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.initializeDefaultLanguage, {
       status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
       annotation: `no custom default language specified`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
   }
 
@@ -990,30 +1214,44 @@ async function main() {
 
   const urls = generateURLs(urlSpec);
 
-  stepStatusSummary.verifyImagePaths.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.verifyImagePaths, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   const {missing: missingImagePaths, misplaced: misplacedImagePaths} =
     await verifyImagePaths(mediaPath, {urls, wikiData});
 
   if (empty(missingImagePaths) && empty(misplacedImagePaths)) {
-    stepStatusSummary.verifyImagePaths.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.verifyImagePaths, {
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
+    });
   } else if (empty(missingImagePaths)) {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.verifyImagePaths, {
       status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
       annotation: `misplaced images detected`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
   } else if (empty(misplacedImagePaths)) {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.verifyImagePaths, {
       status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
       annotation: `missing images detected`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
   } else {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.verifyImagePaths, {
-      status :STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
+      status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
       annotation: `missing and misplaced images detected`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
   }
 
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.preloadFileSizes, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
+
   const fileSizePreloader = new FileSizePreloader();
 
   // File sizes of additional files need to be precalculated before we can
@@ -1077,8 +1315,6 @@ async function main() {
   const getSizeOfAdditionalFile = getSizeOfMediaFileHelper(additionalFilePaths);
   const getSizeOfImagePath = getSizeOfMediaFileHelper(imageFilePaths);
 
-  stepStatusSummary.preloadFileSizes.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
-
   logInfo`Preloading filesizes for ${additionalFilePaths.length} additional files...`;
 
   fileSizePreloader.loadPaths(...additionalFilePaths.map((path) => path.device));
@@ -1097,10 +1333,15 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.preloadFileSizes, {
       status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
       annotation: `see log for details`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
   } else {
     logInfo`Done preloading filesizes without any errors - nice!`;
-    stepStatusSummary.preloadFileSizes.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+
+    Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.preloadFileSizes, {
+      status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
+    });
   }
 
   if (noBuild) {
@@ -1137,7 +1378,10 @@ async function main() {
       .map(line => `    ` + line)
       .join('\n') + `\n-->`;
 
-  stepStatusSummary.performBuild.status = STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.performBuild, {
+    status: STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE,
+    timeStart: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   let buildModeResult;
 
@@ -1173,6 +1417,7 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.performBuild, {
       status: STATUS_FATAL_ERROR,
       message: `javascript error - view log for details`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
 
     return false;
@@ -1182,12 +1427,16 @@ async function main() {
     Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.performBuild, {
       status: STATUS_HAS_WARNINGS,
       annotation: `may not have completed - view log for details`,
+      timeEnd: Date.now(),
     });
 
     return false;
   }
 
-  stepStatusSummary.performBuild.status = STATUS_DONE_CLEAN;
+  Object.assign(stepStatusSummary.performBuild, {
+    status: STATUS_DONE_CLEAN,
+    timeEnd: Date.now(),
+  });
 
   return true;
 }
@@ -1198,17 +1447,43 @@ if (true || isMain(import.meta.url) || path.basename(process.argv[1]) === 'hsmus
   (async () => {
     let result;
 
+    const totalTimeStart = Date.now();
+
     try {
       result = await main();
     } catch (error) {
       if (error instanceof AggregateError) {
         showAggregate(error);
+      } else if (error.cause) {
+        console.error(error);
+        showAggregate(error);
       } else {
         console.error(error);
       }
     }
 
+    const totalTimeEnd = Date.now();
+
+    const formatDuration = timeDelta => {
+      const seconds = timeDelta / 1000;
+
+      if (seconds > 90) {
+        const modSeconds = Math.floor(seconds % 60);
+        const minutes = Math.floor(seconds - seconds % 60) / 60;
+        return `${minutes}m${modSeconds}s`;
+      }
+
+      if (seconds < 0.1) {
+        return 'instant';
+      }
+
+      const precision = (seconds > 1 ? 3 : 2);
+      return `${seconds.toPrecision(precision)}s`;
+    };
+
     if (showStepStatusSummary) {
+      const totalDuration = formatDuration(totalTimeEnd - totalTimeStart);
+
       console.error(colors.bright(`Step summary:`));
 
       const longestNameLength =
@@ -1228,15 +1503,40 @@ if (true || isMain(import.meta.url) || path.basename(process.argv[1]) === 'hsmus
 
       const stepDetails = Object.values(stepStatusSummary);
 
+      const stepDurations =
+        stepDetails.map(({status, timeStart, timeEnd}) => {
+          if (
+            status === STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE ||
+            status === STATUS_NOT_STARTED ||
+            status === STATUS_STARTED_NOT_DONE
+          ) {
+            return '-';
+          }
+
+          if (typeof timeStart !== 'number' || typeof timeEnd !== 'number') {
+            return 'unknown';
+          }
+
+          return formatDuration(timeEnd - timeStart);
+        });
+
+      const longestDurationLength =
+        Math.max(...stepDurations.map(duration => duration.length));
+
       for (let index = 0; index < stepDetails.length; index++) {
         const {name, status, annotation} = stepDetails[index];
+        const duration = stepDurations[index];
 
         let message =
           (stepsNotClean[index]
             ? `!! `
             : ` - `);
 
-        message += `${(name + ': ').padEnd(longestNameLength + 4, '.')} ${status}`;
+        message += `(${duration})`.padStart(longestDurationLength + 2, ' ');
+        message += ` `;
+        message += `${name}: `.padEnd(longestNameLength + 4, '.');
+        message += ` `;
+        message += status;
 
         if (annotation) {
           message += ` (${annotation})`;
@@ -1267,6 +1567,8 @@ if (true || isMain(import.meta.url) || path.basename(process.argv[1]) === 'hsmus
         }
       }
 
+      console.error(colors.bright(`Done in ${totalDuration}.`));
+
       if (result === true) {
         if (anyStepsNotClean) {
           console.error(colors.bright(`Final output is true, but some steps aren't clean.`));
diff --git a/src/write/build-modes/live-dev-server.js b/src/write/build-modes/live-dev-server.js
index 47d59f9..ab6ceec 100644
--- a/src/write/build-modes/live-dev-server.js
+++ b/src/write/build-modes/live-dev-server.js
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ export function getCLIOptions() {
       help: `Enables outputting [200] and [404] responses in the server log, which are suppressed by default`,
       type: 'flag',
     },
+
+    'skip-serving': {
+      help: `Causes the build to exit when it would start serving over HTTP instead\n\nMainly useful for testing performance`,
+      type: 'flag',
+    },
   };
 }
 
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ export async function go({
   const host = cliOptions['host'] ?? defaultHost;
   const port = parseInt(cliOptions['port'] ?? defaultPort);
   const loudResponses = cliOptions['loud-responses'] ?? false;
+  const skipServing = cliOptions['skip-serving'] ?? false;
 
   const contentDependenciesWatcher = await watchContentDependencies();
   const {contentDependencies} = contentDependenciesWatcher;
@@ -396,10 +402,14 @@ export async function go({
     }
   });
 
-  server.listen(port, host);
+  if (skipServing) {
+    logInfo`Ready to serve! But --skip-serving was passed, so all done.`;
+  } else {
+    server.listen(port, host);
 
-  // Just keep going... forever!!!
-  await new Promise(() => {});
+    // Just keep going... forever!!!
+    await new Promise(() => {});
+  }
 
   return true;
 }