Reduce 3.4MB solar system generated file impact

[rustydb]

Priority: P2

Source

Senior Architect Code Review (2026-04-03)

Problem

packages/shared-types/src/solarSystems.generated.ts is 3.4MB of bundled solar system catalog data. This file is imported by the dashboard and API via the shared-types package. The size impacts:

• bun install and node_modules bloat
• IDE performance (indexing, autocomplete)
• Potentially client-side bundle size if not properly tree-shaken
• CI cache sizes

Affected Files

• packages/shared-types/src/solarSystems.generated.ts (3,457,433 bytes)
• packages/shared-types/src/solarSystems.ts
• scripts/update-solar-systems.ts

Recommendation

Options to evaluate:

1. Lazy-load the data — export the catalog as a function that dynamically imports the data, so it is only loaded when needed
2. Separate data package — move the generated catalog to its own packages/solar-system-data package so the core shared-types remain lightweight
3. JSON instead of TS — store as .json and import with resolveJsonModule, which may be more IDE-friendly
4. Compress + decompress — store as a compressed binary and decompress at runtime (extreme, probably not worth it)
5. API-served — serve the catalog from the API and remove it from the client bundle entirely

Acceptance Criteria

• The shared-types package is under 100KB excluding the solar system data
• Solar system lookups still work in both dashboard and API
• IDE performance is not degraded by the data file
• Client bundle size is verified to not include unused solar system entries