Lesson 866 of 1570
AI and Pagination: Don't Load 10,000 Rows at Once
AI helps you split big lists into pages so your app stays fast and your database doesn't melt.
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- 1The big idea
- 2pagination
- 3offset
- 4cursor
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Section 1
The big idea
Pagination means showing data in chunks (like 20 at a time) instead of all at once. AI can write the SQL or API code and the 'Next' / 'Previous' buttons in the UI.
Some examples
- Ask AI: 'Add cursor-based pagination to this Posts query.'
- AI explains the difference between offset and cursor pagination.
- AI builds an infinite-scroll version using IntersectionObserver.
- AI warns that offset pagination gets slow on huge tables.
Try it!
Take any list in your app and ask AI to add pagination with a 'Load more' button. Test that page two actually loads new data.
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