Pagination Strategies Guide

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Choose pagination strategy based on use case: offset for admin/reporting, cursor for feeds/lists, keyset for high performance.
Avoid OFFSET pagination on large tables — it becomes slower as page number increases due to full scans.
Implement cursor-based pagination using an opaque base64-encoded cursor containing the sort key and ID.
Always return pagination metadata: total count (if feasible), next/prev cursors, and hasNextPage boolean.
Limit maximum page size to prevent abuse: cap at {{max_page_size}} items per request; default to {{default_page_size}}.
Use consistent sort order for pagination — results must be deterministic across pages; add a tiebreaker column.
Implement keyset pagination for time-series data: WHERE created_at < :cursor AND id < :id_cursor ORDER BY created_at DESC.
Cache total counts separately with a short TTL — exact counts on large tables are expensive.
Handle concurrent modifications gracefully: new items appearing during pagination is acceptable; missing items is not.
Apply pagination to {{resource_name}} API endpoint using {{db_technology}} with cursor-based approach.

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