Avoid This Rookie Developer Mistake -- Debounce

Update: 2025-07-24

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Today I cover debouncing network requests in your React/Next.js apps -- but this concept applies more broadly.

TLDR; it sometimes makes sense to only trigger a network request once the user has stopped interacting for a certain amount of time

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Avoid This Rookie Developer Mistake -- Debounce

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Avoid This Rookie Developer Mistake -- Debounce

Avoid This Rookie Developer Mistake -- Debounce