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⚡ Bolt: Optimize hex color parsing and formatting#79

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💡 What: Replaced standard library string methods (substring, toLong(16), toString(16), padStart, uppercase) with manual character array traversal and bitwise math in ThemeExpander.kt's hex color conversion functions. Added explanatory comments and logged a journal entry.

🎯 Why: Hex string manipulation happens frequently in theme generation hot paths. String slicing and regexes create unnecessary intermediate String allocations and invoke state machines, creating a measurable performance overhead.

📊 Impact: 4-10x performance improvement in parseHexToArgb and argbToHex (tested in scratchpad: Parse Old: 711ms -> Parse New: 65ms, Format Old: 330ms -> Format New: 74ms for 500k iterations). Reduces garbage collection pressure by eliminating intermediate object allocations.

🔬 Measurement: Verifiable via JMH or simple measureTimeMillis benchmarks targeting the modified parseHexToArgb and argbToHex functions. The change passes all existing unit tests, confirming accurate mathematical replication of the original behavior.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 7986912674687494809 started by @himattm

Replaced string allocations and regexes with manual bitwise operations in `parseHexToArgb` and `argbToHex` inside `ThemeExpander.kt`. This avoids allocating multiple intermediate strings and state machines, yielding a 4-10x performance improvement in these hot paths. Added required inline comments and documented the learning in `.jules/bolt.md`.

Co-authored-by: himattm <6266621+himattm@users.noreply.github.com>
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