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React useInfiniteScroll Hook: Infinite Scrolling Made Simple (2026)

Every feed, every chat log, every search result page eventually asks the same question: how do I load more when the user reaches the bottom? The naive answer — a scroll listener, some arithmetic about scrollHeight and clientHeight , a boolean to prevent double-fetching — is maybe 30 lines, and every one of them is a trap.

You don't have to choose between Shopify updates and accessibility fixes

A while back, a developer told me something that stuck with me. He said fixing Shopify Liquid files is a hassle, because customizations don't scale with theme updates. The moment you start editing a theme, you've effectively forked it, and every future update has to be diffed and re-applied by hand. He's not wrong.

A Day in the Life of a Brazilian Dev: $1K Salaries and 5-Hour Commutes

The global tech industry is booming, but the reality for software engineers in South America’s largest country is a grind you probably haven't heard about.

  • Brazilian developers wake at 5 AM for 5-hour commutes
  • Engineers work on embedded systems and low-level C code
  • Salaries cap at $1,000-$3,000 monthly

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