The select2 can contain even 10k-20k options. This is the code:

<select class="meds-single-select w-100" name="meds" id="meds">
                    @if( $items->count() )
                        @foreach ($items as $item)
                            <option value="{{ $item->id }}">{{ $item->name }}</option>
                        @endforeach
                    @endif
                    </select>

I am getting the items from the database, obviously. What I want to do is to render only the first 20 options, and then render the next 20 options if I scroll down and so on. Found a thread here on stackoverflow but it doesn't apply to my code unfortunately