diff --git a/src/app/components/ProfileBadges.svelte b/src/app/components/ProfileBadges.svelte
index 45cac751..13a96b0e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ProfileBadges.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/ProfileBadges.svelte
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import {onMount} from "svelte"
   import {formatTimestampRelative} from "@welshman/lib"
-  import {NOTE, ROOMS, COMMENT, MESSAGE, outbox} from "@welshman/util"
+  import {NOTE, COMMENT, MESSAGE} from "@welshman/util"
   import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
   import ProfileSpaces from "@app/components/ProfileSpaces.svelte"
-  import {network, relayLists, roomLists, router} from "@app/core"
-  import {deriveEvents} from "@app/repository"
+  import {network, roomLists} from "@app/core"
+  import {deriveLatestEvent} from "@app/repository"
   import {goToEvent} from "@app/routes"
   import {pushModal} from "@app/modal"
 
@@ -16,31 +16,23 @@
 
   const {pubkey, url}: Props = $props()
 
-  const events = deriveEvents([{authors: [pubkey], limit: 1}])
+  const latest = deriveLatestEvent(pubkey)
 
   const spaceUrls = $roomLists.urls(pubkey).$
 
-  const viewEvent = () => goToEvent($events[0]!)
+  const viewEvent = () => goToEvent($latest!)
 
   const openSpaces = () => pushModal(ProfileSpaces, {pubkey, url})
 
-  onMount(async () => {
-    await $relayLists.load(pubkey)
-
-    $network.load({
-      filters: [
-        {authors: [pubkey], kinds: [ROOMS]},
-        {authors: [pubkey], limit: 1, kinds: [NOTE, COMMENT, MESSAGE]},
-      ],
-      relays: await $router.resolver.relays([outbox(pubkey)]),
-    })
+  onMount(() => {
+    $network.loadUsingOutbox(pubkey, {limit: 1, kinds: [NOTE, COMMENT, MESSAGE]})
   })
 </script>
 
 <div class="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
-  {#if $events.length > 0}
+  {#if $latest}
     <Button onclick={viewEvent} class="badge badge-neutral">
-      Last active {formatTimestampRelative($events[0].created_at)}
+      Last active {formatTimestampRelative($latest.created_at)}
     </Button>
   {/if}
   {#if $spaceUrls.length > 0}
diff --git a/src/app/repository.ts b/src/app/repository.ts
index 8c2ef850..35ea1202 100644
--- a/src/app/repository.ts
+++ b/src/app/repository.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import {derived} from "svelte/store"
-import {filter, spec} from "@welshman/lib"
+import {derived, readable} from "svelte/store"
+import type {Unsubscriber} from "svelte/store"
+import {filter, first, on, spec} from "@welshman/lib"
+import type {Maybe} from "@welshman/lib"
+import {sortEventsDesc} from "@welshman/util"
 import type {Filter, TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
 import * as store from "@welshman/store"
 import {Network, Relays} from "@welshman/app"
@@ -61,3 +64,72 @@ export const deriveRelaySignedEvents = (url: string, filters: Filter[] = [{}]) =
     [fromApp($app => $app.use(Relays).one(url)), deriveEventsForUrl(url, filters)],
     ([$relay, $events]) => filter(spec({pubkey: $relay?.self}), $events as TrustedEvent[]),
   )
+
+// The most recent event held from one author.
+
+const latestByPubkey = new Map<string, Maybe<TrustedEvent>>()
+
+const latestSubscribers = new Map<string, Set<(event: Maybe<TrustedEvent>) => void>>()
+
+let latestUnsubscriber: Maybe<Unsubscriber>
+
+const readLatest = (pubkey: string) =>
+  first(sortEventsDesc(app.get().repository.query([{authors: [pubkey]}])))
+
+export const deriveLatestEvent = (pubkey: string) =>
+  readable<Maybe<TrustedEvent>>(undefined, set => {
+    let subscribers = latestSubscribers.get(pubkey)
+
+    if (!subscribers) {
+      subscribers = new Set()
+      latestSubscribers.set(pubkey, subscribers)
+      latestByPubkey.set(pubkey, readLatest(pubkey))
+    }
+
+    subscribers.add(set)
+    set(latestByPubkey.get(pubkey))
+
+    latestUnsubscriber ??= on(app.get().repository, "update", ({added, removed}) => {
+      const touched = new Set<string>()
+
+      for (const event of added) {
+        if (latestSubscribers.has(event.pubkey)) {
+          const current = latestByPubkey.get(event.pubkey)
+
+          if (!current || event.created_at > current.created_at) {
+            latestByPubkey.set(event.pubkey, event)
+            touched.add(event.pubkey)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // A removal can take the very event a row is showing, so that author has to be looked up
+      // again rather than just dropped
+      for (const [author, event] of latestByPubkey) {
+        if (event && removed.has(event.id)) {
+          latestByPubkey.set(author, readLatest(author))
+          touched.add(author)
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (const author of touched) {
+        for (const subscriber of latestSubscribers.get(author) || []) {
+          subscriber(latestByPubkey.get(author))
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    return () => {
+      subscribers.delete(set)
+
+      if (subscribers.size === 0) {
+        latestSubscribers.delete(pubkey)
+        latestByPubkey.delete(pubkey)
+
+        if (latestSubscribers.size === 0) {
+          latestUnsubscriber?.()
+          latestUnsubscriber = undefined
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })