Hey, thanks so much! So glad to hear this post helped someone 🥳 I agree it's kinda iffy to set up, but once it have it, it works really nicely I think!

Would love to know if you have any other Gatsby/Netlify related stuff like this one that you ran into and would love a step by step guide for?

I was thinking about a guide on how to set up "infinite scroll" for your blog posts in Gatsby next, but not sure if people would be interested 🤔

Lars Behrenberg

Well, I am not sure if it is too technical for the average user, but I really would like to know more about the different possibilities with Netlify functions. I am personally working on an integration with sendinblue.com (this is really just an alternative to MailChimp) that makes an auto response when someone has used my contact form.

I am not a huge fan of infinite scroll myself (this is my personal opinion only). I think pages build around this principle tend to get a bit difficult to navigate - I usually lose track of the different elements...

Lars Ejaas That's a really good topic! However, I think you are right in saying that an article about Netlify functions might get a little technical.. Probably more than this one. But I think writing articles in general is not just about trying to serve the biggest audience possible.

For me, if even one person ends up finding my post and solves a problem with it, I am happy 😅

I agree with you that infinite scroll has its downsides for UX, but a little while ago I helped a client improve his website's performance drastically by implementing an infinite scroll on his Gatsby blog funnel page. The amount of blog posts shown on the index page slowed down the site so much, that we ended up limiting the posts to 10 max and then enable an infinite scroll after the user clicks a load more button. Improved Lighthouse performance by 20 points! However, setting it up is a little tricky, that's why I thought of writing about it 😉