Performance: Fix N+1 queries, optimize aggregations, add database indexes

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Closes: #[issue_number]

Description

Identified and resolved critical performance bottlenecks: N+1 query patterns, inefficient in-memory operations, and missing database indexes.

Changes

N+1 Query Elimination

• Comment.commentsByReaction: Replaced per-comment reaction counting (3N queries) with single bulk fetch + in-memory mapping (2 queries total)
• Added {comment, user} and {slug} indexes to Reaction model

Database Pipeline Optimization

• Moved mode calculation from JavaScript to MongoDB aggregation in /histories/courses endpoint
• Eliminated intermediate array allocations in createDistributionGroup

Algorithmic Improvements

• listWithComponents: Replaced O(n) array.find() with O(1) Map lookups for enrollment-component matching
• Removed post-find hook that mass-updated viewer counts on every query

Index Strategy
Added compound indexes for common query patterns:

• Enrollment: {ra, season}, {uf_cod_turma, season}, {disciplina_id, season}, {subject, season}
• Component: {season, uf_cod_turma}, {season, disciplina_id}
• Student: {ra, season}, {season}

Example

Before (N+1):

const commentsReaction = comments.map(async (comment) => {
  const likes = await ReactionModel.countDocuments({ comment: comment._id, user: userId, kind: 'like' });
  const recommendations = await ReactionModel.countDocuments({ comment: comment._id, user: userId, kind: 'recommendation' });
  const stars = await ReactionModel.countDocuments({ comment: comment._id, user: userId, kind: 'star' });
  // ...
});

After (bulk fetch):

const userReactions = await ReactionModel.find({
  comment: { $in: commentIds },
  user: userId,
}).lean();

const reactionMap = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
for (const reaction of userReactions) {
  const commentId = reaction.comment.toString();
  if (!reactionMap.has(commentId)) reactionMap.set(commentId, new Set());
  reactionMap.get(commentId)?.add(reaction.kind);
}

Tradeoffs

• Removed automatic viewer tracking to prevent read-query write amplification. Should be implemented explicitly if needed.
• Indexes increase write overhead slightly but query performance gains far outweigh this for read-heavy workload.

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