In a time where AI writes most of our boilerplate, manually wiring a fetch with loading, error, and pagination states is exactly the kind of thing that slips through the cracks — and exactly what keeps coming up in job interviews.
A plain fetch with pagination and manual loading and error handling. No libraries, no abstractions — just useState, useEffect, and a mock API that delays, paginates, and randomly fails. The kind of challenge that keeps your fundamentals sharp.
Fetch users from https://example/users?page={page} and display them in a table (ID, Name, Last name). The API returns up to 10 users per page.
Show a loading skeleton while fetching.
Display page info: Page {page} of {totalPages} ({count} users).
