How Cursor-Based Pagination Beats Offset for Large APIs
from The API Podcast with Fexingo: REST, GraphQL, and Modern Web APIs Hosted by Fexingo
When your API returns thousands or millions of records, offset pagination becomes a performance nightmare. Lucas and Luna compare offset vs cursor-based pagination, explaining why modern APIs like Stripe and Twitter rely on keyset pagination for consistent, fast queries. Learn the trade-offs and how to implement cursor-based pagination with MySQL or PostgreSQL using indexed columns. Plus: why GraphQL's connection spec uses cursors by design. #APIs #REST #GraphQL #WebAPIs #CursorBasedPagination #OffsetPagination #APIDesign #APIPerformance #Database #SoftwareEngineering #BackendDevelopment #StripeAPI #TwitterAPI #GraphQLConnections #SQL #MySQL #PostgreSQL #FexingoBusiness Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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