Better MOTD

1.4.0 - Stability & Build Refinement Update

This release focuses on build stability, runtime efficiency, and internal code cleanup. BetterMOTD is now fully formatted, warning-free, and optimized for production environments.

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⚡ Performance Improvements

• Removed redundant operations in preset selection logic
• Optimized weighted random selection
• Improved sticky state maintenance efficiency
• Reduced allocations in the server list ping hot path
• Zero compiler warnings under -Xlint:all

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🧠 MOTD Rendering Enhancements

• Static MOTD frames without placeholders are fully cached as parsed Components
• Placeholder frames are only parsed when necessary
• Improved formatting fallback detection and safety
• Cleaner and more predictable frame resolution logic

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🧹 Codebase Cleanup

• Removed redundant (int) casts and minor inefficiencies
• Simplified preset cache rebuild logic
• Cleaned up legacy branches and deprecated patterns
• Fully spotless-compliant codebase (Palantir Java Format)
• Improved internal logging clarity

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🏗 Build & Tooling

• Java 21 enforced build
• Updated maven-compiler-plugin (3.13.0)
• Spotless formatting enforced (spotless:check)
• JUnit 5.11.3 test suite verified
• Clean mvn clean verify pipeline
• Production-ready JAR output

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🧪 Stability

• All unit tests passing
• Verified reload stability
• Improved exception reporting behavior
• More deterministic preset selection behavior