Stephen
@stephenlewis.me
Full-stack developer who secretly thinks we should be using HTML over the wire for most things.
I believe cursor-based pagination is the more common term. One of many examples:
slack.engineering/evolving-api...
slack.engineering/evolving-api...
Evolving API Pagination at Slack
At Slack, the size and scope of the data we expose via our APIs has changed dramatically since the product first launched. Endpoints that were designed around the expectation that they would, in the m...
slack.engineering
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I believe cursor-based pagination is the more common term. One of many examples:
slack.engineering/evolving-api...
slack.engineering/evolving-api...
No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.
December 31, 2024 at 4:19 PM
No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.
The inn does not accept pets.
December 21, 2024 at 1:34 AM
The inn does not accept pets.
What's with the stairs? It looks like one of the steps is missing.
December 16, 2024 at 8:33 PM
What's with the stairs? It looks like one of the steps is missing.
I was really hoping they'd structure it around an LSP, so it could be easily ported to other editors.
December 16, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I was really hoping they'd structure it around an LSP, so it could be easily ported to other editors.
I shall name you Dumpling.
December 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
I shall name you Dumpling.
In fairness, the fact there are vaccine sceptics means doubt about vaccines *does* exist, including amongst people with medical qualifications.
It doesn't mean those doubts are well-founded, but the BBC is required to tread a very fine line.
It doesn't mean those doubts are well-founded, but the BBC is required to tread a very fine line.
December 15, 2024 at 12:23 PM
In fairness, the fact there are vaccine sceptics means doubt about vaccines *does* exist, including amongst people with medical qualifications.
It doesn't mean those doubts are well-founded, but the BBC is required to tread a very fine line.
It doesn't mean those doubts are well-founded, but the BBC is required to tread a very fine line.
I read that in my twenties and loved it. Revisiting it is far too risky.
December 11, 2024 at 5:33 PM
I read that in my twenties and loved it. Revisiting it is far too risky.
I understand the sentiment, but prefer the opposite (server-centric) approach. Something like Livewire (Laravel), LiveView (Phoenix), or Hotwire means I can have a reactive app without the overhead of a JS frontend.
December 11, 2024 at 12:38 PM
I understand the sentiment, but prefer the opposite (server-centric) approach. Something like Livewire (Laravel), LiveView (Phoenix), or Hotwire means I can have a reactive app without the overhead of a JS frontend.
If you're using a JS frontend and a non-JS backend, then I would assume the frontend is consuming data via an API (unless you're using something like Inertia).
If that's the case, I'm confused. You can't directly call a backend method from the frontend, so what definition are you hoping to go to?
If that's the case, I'm confused. You can't directly call a backend method from the frontend, so what definition are you hoping to go to?
December 11, 2024 at 2:39 AM
If you're using a JS frontend and a non-JS backend, then I would assume the frontend is consuming data via an API (unless you're using something like Inertia).
If that's the case, I'm confused. You can't directly call a backend method from the frontend, so what definition are you hoping to go to?
If that's the case, I'm confused. You can't directly call a backend method from the frontend, so what definition are you hoping to go to?
She's a photo negative.
December 9, 2024 at 12:13 AM
She's a photo negative.