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How a query optimization gave birth to infinite scroll
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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How a query optimization gave birth to infinite scroll is an episode from The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser by Hussein Nasser. The infinite scroll in social media as we know it today is despised by all. But it always start as...
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Published Jul 10, 2026, 00:21:20 long, audio available.
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