Integrate ACL with publishers for background event dispatch, ensure proper buffer adjustments in event encoding, and enhance follows sync with event delivery logic.

app/main.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"lol.mleku.dev/chk"
 	"lol.mleku.dev/log"
 	"next.orly.dev/app/config"
+	acl "next.orly.dev/pkg/acl"
 	database "next.orly.dev/pkg/database"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/bech32encoding"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/protocol/publish"
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ func Run(
 		publishers: publish.New(NewPublisher(ctx)),
 		Admins:     adminKeys,
 	}
+	// provide publisher to ACL so background sync can dispatch events
+	if err := acl.Registry.Configure(cfg, db, ctx, l.publishers); chk.E(err) {
+		// if configuration fails, proceed but log; ACL might be 'none'
+	}
 	addr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", cfg.Listen, cfg.Port)
 	log.I.F("starting listener on http://%s", addr)
 	go func() {

pkg/acl/follows.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/hex"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kind"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/tag"
+	"next.orly.dev/pkg/protocol/publish"
 	utils "next.orly.dev/pkg/utils"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/utils/normalize"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/utils/values"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ type Follows struct {
 	Ctx context.Context
 	cfg *config.C
 	*database.D
+	pubs       *publish.S
 	followsMx  sync.RWMutex
 	admins     [][]byte
 	follows    [][]byte
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ func (f *Follows) Configure(cfg ...any) (err error) {
 		case context.Context:
 			// log.D.F("setting ACL context: %s", c.Value("id"))
 			f.Ctx = c
+		case *publish.S:
+			// set publisher for dispatching new events
+			f.pubs = c
 		default:
 			err = errorf.E("invalid type: %T", reflect.TypeOf(ca))
 		}
@@ -290,11 +295,16 @@ func (f *Follows) startSubscriptions(ctx context.Context) {
 								)
 							}
 							// ignore duplicates and continue
+						} else {
+							// Only dispatch if the event was newly saved (no error)
+							if f.pubs != nil {
+								f.pubs.Deliver(res.Event)
+							}
+							log.I.F(
+								"saved new event from follows syncer: %0x",
+								res.Event.ID,
+							)
 						}
-						log.I.F(
-							"saved new event from follows syncer: %0x",
-							res.Event.ID,
-						)
 					case eoseenvelope.L:
 						// ignore, continue subscription
 					default:

pkg/encoders/event/event.go

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (ev *E) Marshal(dst []byte) (b []byte) {
 	// integrates properly with the buffer pool, reducing GC pressure and
 	// avoiding new heap allocations.
 	if cap(b) < len(b)+len(ev.Content)+7+256+2 {
-		b2 := make([]byte, len(b)+len(ev.Content)*2+512)
+		b2 := make([]byte, len(b)+len(ev.Content)*2+1024)
 		copy(b2, b)
 		b2 = b2[:len(b)]
 		// return the old buffer to the pool for reuse.