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 # GPUI Framework — Detailed Findings
 
-**Date:** 2026-03-19
-**Source:** Hands-on prototyping (ui-gpui/, 2,490 lines) + source code analysis of GPUI 0.2.2 + Zed editor
+**Date:** 2026-03-19 (updated 2026-03-19 22:30)
+**Source:** Hands-on prototyping (ui-gpui/, 2,490 lines) + source code analysis of GPUI 0.2.2 + Zed editor + 4 parallel research agents
+
+## BREAKTHROUGH: 4.5% → 0.83% CPU
+
+**The #1 optimization rule in GPUI:** Never make animated state an Entity CHILD of the view that renders it. Make it a PEER Entity that the view READS.
+
+```
+WRONG (4.5% CPU):
+  Workspace → ProjectGrid → ProjectBox → PulsingDot (child Entity)
+  cx.notify() on PulsingDot → mark_view_dirty walks ancestors
+  → Workspace dirty → refreshing=true → ALL .cached() children miss
+
+RIGHT (0.83% CPU):
+  Workspace → ProjectGrid → ProjectBox (reads BlinkState)
+  BlinkState (peer Entity, not child)
+  cx.notify() on BlinkState → only dirties views that .read(cx) it
+  → ProjectBox dirty, Workspace/ProjectGrid NOT dirty → siblings cached
+```
+
+Key mechanisms:
+1. **`.cached(StyleRefinement::default())`** on Entity children → GPU scene replay (zero Rust code)
+2. **Shared state Entity** instead of child Entity → isolates dirty propagation
+3. **`mark_view_dirty()` walks ancestors** — this is GPUI's fundamental constraint
+4. **`refreshing=true` on cache miss** cascades down → children can't cache if parent is dirty
 
 ## Overview