I certainly wouldn't wasn't to discourage anyone from adding similar features to other clients. code collaboration over nostr succeeds when clients compete to provide the best UX for their target audience. different clients and different experiences will suit different user groups who may have different needs

it's been more than a few months since I looked at this aspect but I think I found a way of lazy loading the required data without having to clone. even a depth 1 clone can be bandwidth and storage heavy for many repositories. I'll let you know how I get on.