^{Originally posted by justintadlock January 20, 2023}
Recently, an issue came up on the support forums where a user wanted to create a custom-designed homepage with a separate design for page 2+. In classic themes, this is merely a few simple bits of PHP thrown in to contextually change the output. However, block themes are static and have no such option. The forum thread does have a solution.

While this was a user request, I could see this being something that could work for the Developer Blog. Designers, freelancers, and agencies might want to employ the solution in their own work. It is not an uncommon pattern.

CC: @kathrynwp, @richtabor - Adding both of you since you were involved with figuring this out.