Convoluted

Masonry is indeed a hard library to get working properly, so encapsulate it in a Drupal module above is even harder.
Please feel free to help make that easier, any idea is welcomed.
maybe related: 📌 Improve easyness of configurations Active

I found that if I require all modules in one go (just two in this instance) I can update to version 4.

composer require 'drupal/masonry' 'drupal/masonry_views'

Performing require on just Masonry, then the other doesn't work.

However, upgrades to D10 for the site running Masonry are still failing.

I think this has more to do with my capabilities with composer and my understanding of the .json file than it does with these modules.

My main gripe comes from a non-developer perspective and Drupal's lack of keeping up with other platforms as it relates to front-end presentation capabilities. Drupal is by far the best at SO much, but sometimes it is very difficult.

I do contribute to module development when my skill set aligns if at the very least I review the installation process and report on bugs.

You can close this as resolved.