Simplify Current JS implementation

app/javascript/controllers/thread_controller.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Controller } from "@hotwired/stimulus"
-import { current } from "helpers"
 
 export default class extends Controller {
   static classes = [ "myComment" ]
@@ -9,6 +8,6 @@ export default class extends Controller {
   }
 
   get #myComments() {
-    return this.element.querySelectorAll(`.comment[data-creator-id='${current.user.id}']`)
+    return this.element.querySelectorAll(`.comment[data-creator-id='${Current.user.id}']`)
   }
 }

app/javascript/helpers/current_helpers.js

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// On-demand JavaScript objects from "current" HTML <meta> elements. Example:
-//
-// <meta name="current-identity-id" content="123">
-// <meta name="current-identity-time-zone-name" content="Central Time (US & Canada)">
-//
-// >> current.identity
-// => { id: "123", timeZoneName: "Central Time (US & Canada)" }
-//
-// >> current.foo
-// => {}
-  export const current = new Proxy({}, {
-    get(_target, propertyName) {
-      const result = {}
-      const prefix = `current-${propertyName}-`
-      for (const { name, content } of document.head.querySelectorAll(`meta[name^=${prefix}]`)) {
-        const key = camelize(name.slice(prefix.length))
-        result[key] = content
-      }
-      return result
-    }
-  })
-
-  function camelize(string) {
-    return string.replace(/(?:[_-])([a-z0-9])/g, (_, char) => char.toUpperCase())
-  }

app/javascript/helpers/index.js

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-export * from "helpers/current_helpers"
 export * from "helpers/timing_helpers"

app/javascript/initializers/current.js

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class Current {
+  get user() {
+    const currentUserId = this.#extractContentFromMetaTag("current-user-id")
+
+    if (currentUserId) {
+      return { id: parseInt(currentUserId) }
+    }
+  }
+
+  #extractContentFromMetaTag(name) {
+    return document.head.querySelector(`meta[name="${name}"]`)?.getAttribute("content")
+  }
+}
+
+window.Current = new Current()

app/javascript/initializers/index.js

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+import "initializers/current"
 import "initializers/local_time"