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Kent C. Dodds 🌌

@kentcdodds.com

How would you build useOnlineStatus()? If you said useState/useEffect, you really need to read this: www.epicreact.dev/use-sync-ext... If you've ever struggled with useSyncExternalStore, check that out because we go through common mistakes and questions!

28/5/25, 7:15 pm3 reposts24 likes

Lars Ejaas 🦋

@larsejaas.bsky.social

I found it surprisingly difficult to check if you are online actually!! It's rather easy to check if you have network-connection though... 🤔

Kent C. Dodds 🌌

@kentcdodds.com

Yeah, I do a fetch to Cloudflare: github.com/epicweb-dev/...

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Lars Ejaas 🦋

@larsejaas.bsky.social

Nice! I am dreaming of a day where the browser can tell us this directly. Similar to navigator: online 🙂