I learned something important while optimizing my canvas app. Performance is not just a “later” problem. It is part of the engineer’s toolbox. After around 100 nodes, my React Flow canvas started feeling laggy and slow. So I went back and made a few simple refactors that made a big difference. A few things that helped: Use `useStore` selectors instead of broad convenience hooks. Use derived atoms for O(1) lookups instead of scanning big arrays. Subscribe to only the exact state you need. Avoid inline functions and object literals in JSX, because they break memoization. Even small changes like this made the canvas feel much snappier and more responsive. The main lesson for me was simple: fast UI is usually not about one big optimization. It is about many small ones done early. That is especially true for canvas-heavy apps. #ReactFlow #React #Frontend #Performance #JavaScript #WebDev #SoftwareEngineering

Performance isn't a feature; it's a foundation. ⚡️ Using useStore selectors is a game changer for keeping the canvas snappy. This is exactly why I recommend checking out Visualflow for React Flow projects—it follows these best practices out of the box so you don't have to refactor everything once you scale.

This hits hard. We don’t lose performance suddenly, we leak it quietly in small decisions. The best engineers don’t fix lag later, they prevent it while building.

See more comments

To view or add a comment, sign in

Explore content categories