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date    = "2022-12-20T02:08:18+00:00"
lastmod = "2022-12-20T02:09:18+00:00"
tags    = [ "webdev" ]
author  = "tdro"
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Reverse pagination is a counter--intuitive strategy for attempting to make links
immutable/cacheable and bookmark friendly across older pages. I searched for a
visual explanation (difficult to explain concisely) and eventually arrived at
[an old article on paging](https://web.archive.org/web/20170926050754/http://www.dehora.net/journal/2008/07/20/efficient-api-paging-count-down-not-up/)
{{< abbr apis "application programming interfaces" >}}. Reverse pagination has
its gotchas, but then again pagination itself is one big gotcha.. :-) Well, it
depends on the use case really.