⚡ Bolt: [Cache Printify variants to prevent N+1 bottleneck]

[merg357]

💡 What: Added @functools.lru_cache to get_variants in printify_manager.py, merch_factory.py, and create_merch.py. Changed the return type from a mutable list to an immutable tuple to ensure thread safety and prevent downstream mutations when retrieving cached data. json.dumps() securely and natively serializes tuples into JSON arrays, meaning no payload changes were required.

🎯 Why: During bulk product creation, the get_variants function is called for every single item created, but the returned variant data for a given blueprint_id and print_provider_id is static. This was creating an N+1 network bottleneck on the Printify API.

📊 Impact: Eliminates redundant network requests, reducing the number of Printify API calls by thousands for large bulk merchandise creation runs, drastically speeding up execution.

🔬 Measurement: Validated via python3 -m py_compile *.py. The improvement can be verified by running any bulk creation command (e.g., python3 printify_manager.py run) with a large set of images and comparing execution times and network traffic logs.

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