JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id='rotateme'>

</div>

CSS

#rotateme {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg); 
    -webkit-transform-origin: 0 0; 
    position: absolute; 
    top: 250px; /*not going to work with dynamic width */
    left: 0px; 
}
a {margin-right:10px;}

JavaScript

var num = Math.round(Math.random() * 10) + 3;
for (var i = 0; i < num; i++) {
    $("#rotateme").append($("<a href='#' >Item " + i + "</a>"));
}