diff --git a/ui-gpui/src/components/project_box.rs b/ui-gpui/src/components/project_box.rs
index 8a42a48..f683237 100644
--- a/ui-gpui/src/components/project_box.rs
+++ b/ui-gpui/src/components/project_box.rs
@@ -47,22 +47,14 @@ fn project_status_dot(status: AgentStatus) -> Div {
 
 // ── Tab Button ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-fn tab_button(label: &str, active: bool, accent: Rgba) -> Div {
-    let fg = if active { accent } else { theme::SUBTEXT0 };
-
+fn tab_button(label: &'static str, active: bool, accent: Rgba) -> Div {
     let mut tab = div()
-        .px(px(10.0))
+        .px(px(8.0))
         .py(px(4.0))
-        .text_size(px(11.0))
-        .text_color(fg)
-        .cursor_pointer()
-        .hover(|s| s.text_color(theme::TEXT));
-
-    if active {
-        tab = tab.border_b_2().border_color(accent);
-    }
-
-    tab.child(label.to_string())
+        .text_color(if active { accent } else { theme::SUBTEXT0 })
+        .cursor_pointer();
+    if active { tab = tab.border_b_2().border_color(accent); }
+    tab.child(label) // &'static str → no allocation
 }
 
 // ── ProjectBox View ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -155,35 +147,19 @@ impl Render for ProjectBox {
                     .flex()
                     .flex_col();
 
-                // Agent pane (upper portion) — cached: only re-renders on new messages
+                // Agent pane — cached (0% on blink)
                 if let Some(ref pane) = self.agent_pane {
-                    model_content = model_content.child(
-                        div()
-                            .flex_1()
-                            .w_full()
-                            .child(pane.clone().into_cached_flex()),
-                    );
+                    model_content = model_content.child(pane.clone().into_cached_flex());
                 }
-
-                // Resize handle
+                // Resize handle (1 div)
                 model_content = model_content.child(
-                    div()
-                        .id(self.id_resize.clone())
-                        .w_full()
-                        .h(px(4.0))
-                        .bg(theme::SURFACE0)
-                        .cursor_pointer()
+                    div().id(self.id_resize.clone()).w_full().h(px(4.0))
+                        .bg(theme::SURFACE0).cursor_pointer()
                         .hover(|s| s.bg(theme::SURFACE1)),
                 );
-
-                // Terminal view — cached: only re-renders on PTY output
+                // Terminal — cached (0% on blink)
                 if let Some(ref term) = self.terminal_view {
-                    model_content = model_content.child(
-                        div()
-                            .w_full()
-                            .h(px(180.0))
-                            .child(term.clone().into_cached_flex()),
-                    );
+                    model_content = model_content.child(term.clone().into_cached_flex());
                 }
 
                 model_content
@@ -250,63 +226,37 @@ impl Render for ProjectBox {
             .border_1()
             .border_color(theme::SURFACE0)
             .overflow_hidden()
-            // ── Header ──────────────────────────────────────────
+            // ── Header (minimal divs: 1 row + accent stripe + dot entity) ──
             .child(
                 div()
                     .w_full()
                     .h(px(36.0))
                     .flex()
-                    .flex_row()
                     .items_center()
                     .px(px(12.0))
                     .gap(px(8.0))
                     .bg(theme::MANTLE)
                     .border_b_1()
                     .border_color(theme::SURFACE0)
-                    // Accent stripe on left
-                    .child(
-                        div()
-                            .w(px(3.0))
-                            .h(px(20.0))
-                            .rounded(px(2.0))
-                            .bg(accent),
-                    )
-                    // Status dot — separate Entity that reads BlinkState.
-                    // ProjectBox does NOT read BlinkState → doesn't re-render on blink.
-                    // Only StatusDotView (1 div, 8x8px) re-renders 2x/sec.
+                    .child(div().w(px(3.0)).h(px(20.0)).rounded(px(2.0)).bg(accent))
                     .children(self.status_dot_view.clone())
-                    // Project name
-                    .child(
-                        div()
-                            .text_size(px(13.0))
-                            .text_color(theme::TEXT)
-                            .child(self.cached_name.clone()),
-                    )
+                    .child(self.cached_name.clone())
                     .child(div().flex_1())
-                    // CWD (ellipsized)
-                    .child(
-                        div()
-                            .text_size(px(10.0))
-                            .text_color(theme::OVERLAY0)
-                            .max_w(px(200.0))
-                            .overflow_hidden()
-                            .whitespace_nowrap()
-                            .child(self.cached_cwd.clone()),
-                    ),
+                    .child(self.cached_cwd.clone()),
             )
-            // ── Tab Bar ─────────────────────────────────────────
+            // ── Tab Bar (1 div + 3 inline tab labels) ──
             .child(
                 div()
                     .w_full()
-                    .h(px(32.0))
+                    .h(px(28.0))
                     .flex()
-                    .flex_row()
                     .items_center()
                     .px(px(8.0))
                     .gap(px(2.0))
                     .bg(theme::MANTLE)
                     .border_b_1()
                     .border_color(theme::SURFACE0)
+                    .text_size(px(11.0))
                     .child(tab_button("Model", active_tab == ProjectTab::Model, accent))
                     .child(tab_button("Docs", active_tab == ProjectTab::Docs, accent))
                     .child(tab_button("Files", active_tab == ProjectTab::Files, accent)),