Why I Built Another Masonry Library for React (And Why It's Faster)

Yeah, I get it. The world probably doesn't need another masonry library, right? I thought so too—until I spent two weeks wrestling with the ones out there in production. Here's the deal. It started with a photo grid So, I was trying to create a Pinterest-style layout. Thousands of images, varying heights, and infinite scroll. Pretty standard fare if you've done any work on a content-heavy app. First, I grabbed react-masonry-css . Honestly, it's a solid library—tiny bundle, CSS-based columns, and a super simple API. Everything was smooth until my dataset hit about 2,000 items, and then the browser started to slow down. Makes sense: it renders every single item to the DOM. No virtualization whatsoever. That's fine for a small gallery, but I was dealing with feeds that could swell to over 10K items. Next, I turned to Masonic . This one actually virtualizes — it only puts visible items in the DOM, which is a big upgrade. But then I encountered a few annoying issues: First off, the infinite