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How a query optimization gave birth to infinite scroll

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser by Hussein Nasser

Jul 10, 202600:21:20Technology

The infinite scroll in social media as we know it today is despised by all. But it always start as a bad idea. It originated as a result of UI change to relief the backend database from inefficient queries. I explore thi...

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