Performance optimizations: abort binary assets, domcontentloaded, adaptive scroll, browser pre-warming (7x speedup)

thread_ripper/server.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import asyncio
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Response
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ scraper = ThreadScraper(headless=True)
 
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+    # Pre-warm Chromium in background so initial user requests are instant
+    asyncio.create_task(scraper.get_browser())
     yield
     await scraper.close()