Can I use TanstackDB for a *very simple* news feed app?
Hi,
I'm thinking about a simple weekend project. Just one page with a list of news filtered from RSS feeds.
I'll have a typical web framework on a backend, putting data in a table called
posts, which then would be available through a JSON API endpoint with infinite pagination.
To me, this sounds like an opportunity to dip my feet into the local-first world, and I'm seeking advice on whether I have a coherent picture of how different pieces fit together.
I don't want React on the frontend. Just a single JS file with an entrypoint invoked in a DOMContentLoaded listener, that would:
- Set up an intersection observer to enable on-demand data fetching. I'd prefer to use an off-the-shelf library. The first that came up in search results is, and it allows me to override the request call https://infinite-scroll.com/events#request, so that I would be able to invoke TanstackDB
- listen to the page scroll, fetch new posts and append them to the feed container.
TanstackDB's role here is to cache things locally and make it blazing fast 🙂
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