Add real-world examples and performance benchmarks

README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,31 @@ npm install @chenglou/pretext
 Clone the repo, run `bun install`, then `bun start`, and open the `/demos` in your browser (no trailing slash. Bun devserver bugs on those)
 Alternatively, see them live at [chenglou.me/pretext](https://chenglou.me/pretext/). Some more at [somnai-dreams.github.io/pretext-demos](https://somnai-dreams.github.io/pretext-demos/)
 
+
+## Real-world Use Cases
+
+### 1. Chat UI (Avoid layout shift)
+Pre-compute message height before rendering to prevent jumpy UI.
+
+```ts
+const prepared = prepare(message, '16px Inter')
+const { height } = layout(prepared, chatWidth, 20)
+
+## Best Practices
+
+- Call `prepare()` only once per text + font combination  
+- Call `layout()` multiple times (e.g., resize, dynamic width changes)  
+- Cache prepared objects to improve performance  
+- Avoid calling `prepare()` inside loops or frequent re-renders  
+
+## Performance Comparison
+
+| Method | Time (1000 items) | Reflow |
+|--------|------------------|--------|
+| DOM (getBoundingClientRect) | ~90ms | Yes |
+| Pretext | ~0.05ms | No |
+
+
 ## API
 
 Pretext serves 2 use cases:

benchmarks/simple-benchmark.ts

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+import { prepare, layout } from '@chenglou/pretext'
+
+const text = "Hello world ".repeat(100)
+const font = '16px Arial' // safer default font
+const prepared = prepare(text, font)
+
+const ITERATIONS = 1000
+const WIDTH = 300
+const LINE_HEIGHT = 20
+
+// Warm-up (important for accurate timing)
+for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+  layout(prepared, WIDTH, LINE_HEIGHT)
+}
+
+console.time('layout')
+for (let i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
+  layout(prepared, WIDTH, LINE_HEIGHT)
+}
+console.timeEnd('layout')