Literature review
📄️ Summary
Many people have discussed and worked on the main problem that flutter_smooth aims to solve - the jank caused by slow build/layout. Here is a brief summary after I digged into the history, for completeness, just like the "literature review" that everyone needs to do when writing a paper. This list may be incomplete. Feel free to create an issue if you find something is missing, or something needs to be added for deeper understanding of the topic.
📄️ Comparison
Because of @JonahWilliams's suggestion, I wrote this section in the design doc and copy it here.