diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..150f5ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 2024-03-23 - Memoize Derived State to Prevent Extra Renders
+**Learning:** Using `useEffect` to map or reduce props into local `useState` causes an unnecessary double-render cycle in React. In `NotificationMenu` and `NotificationTabPanel`, parsing `notificationsData` into `today` and `older` buckets on mount or update triggered this pattern, unnecessarily blocking paint and wasting CPU cycles.
+**Action:** Replace `useState` + `useEffect` chains for derived state with `useMemo`. This allows the derived calculation to run synchronously during the render phase only when dependencies (`notificationsData`) change, saving an entire render pass.
diff --git a/client/src/components/sections/notification/NotificationTabPanel.tsx b/client/src/components/sections/notification/NotificationTabPanel.tsx
index 47e5002..44e04a2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/sections/notification/NotificationTabPanel.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/sections/notification/NotificationTabPanel.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import TabPanel from '@mui/lab/TabPanel';
 import { Button, Divider, dividerClasses, listItemClasses } from '@mui/material';
 import dayjs from 'dayjs';
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ interface NotificationTabPanelProps {
 }
 
 const NotificationTabPanel = ({ value, notificationsData }: NotificationTabPanelProps) => {
-  const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState<DatewiseNotification>({
-    today: [],
-    older: [],
-  });
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const datewiseNotification = notificationsData.reduce(
+  /**
+   * ⚡ Bolt Performance Optimization:
+   * Replaced `useEffect` + `useState` derived state calculation with `useMemo`.
+   * This removes an unnecessary extra render cycle whenever `notificationsData` changes,
+   * avoiding layout shifts and reducing CPU overhead during component mounting/updating.
+   */
+  const notifications = useMemo(() => {
+    return notificationsData.reduce(
       (acc: DatewiseNotification, val) => {
         if (dayjs().diff(dayjs(val.createdAt), 'days') === 0) {
           acc.today.push(val);
@@ -31,8 +32,6 @@ const NotificationTabPanel = ({ value, notificationsData }: NotificationTabPanel
         older: [],
       },
     );
-
-    setNotifications(datewiseNotification);
   }, [notificationsData]);
 
   return (
diff --git a/client/src/layouts/main-layout/common/NotificationMenu.tsx b/client/src/layouts/main-layout/common/NotificationMenu.tsx
index 6db7737..1ba4d61 100644
--- a/client/src/layouts/main-layout/common/NotificationMenu.tsx
+++ b/client/src/layouts/main-layout/common/NotificationMenu.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { badgeClasses, Box, Button, Link, paperClasses, Popover, Stack } from '@mui/material';
 import { notifications as notificationsData } from 'data/notifications';
 import dayjs from 'dayjs';
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ interface NotificationMenuProps {
 }
 
 const NotificationMenu = ({ type = 'default' }: NotificationMenuProps) => {
-  const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState<DatewiseNotification>({
-    today: [],
-    older: [],
-  });
   const [anchorEl, setAnchorEl] = useState<null | HTMLElement>(null);
 
   const {
@@ -35,8 +31,14 @@ const NotificationMenu = ({ type = 'default' }: NotificationMenuProps) => {
     setAnchorEl(null);
   };
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const datewiseNotification = notificationsData.reduce(
+  /**
+   * ⚡ Bolt Performance Optimization:
+   * Replaced `useEffect` + `useState` derived state calculation with `useMemo`.
+   * This removes an unnecessary extra render cycle whenever `notificationsData` changes,
+   * avoiding layout shifts and reducing CPU overhead during component mounting/updating.
+   */
+  const notifications = useMemo(() => {
+    return notificationsData.reduce(
       (acc: DatewiseNotification, val) => {
         if (dayjs().diff(dayjs(val.createdAt), 'days') === 0) {
           acc.today.push(val);
@@ -50,8 +52,6 @@ const NotificationMenu = ({ type = 'default' }: NotificationMenuProps) => {
         older: [],
       },
     );
-
-    setNotifications(datewiseNotification);
   }, [notificationsData]);
 
   return (