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💡 What: Replaced `drawWithContent` + `saveLayer` with `graphicsLayer` + `colorFilter`.
🎯 Why: `saveLayer` forces an offscreen buffer allocation and blit every frame during animation, which is expensive. `graphicsLayer` uses hardware layer properties.
📊 Impact: Reduces allocation and GPU overdraw during history item animations.
🔬 Measurement: Verify visuals (saturation/dimming) remain identical.
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 ## 2024-05-22 - Resource Lookup in Loops
 **Learning:** Calling `context.getString()` inside a loop (like in `HistoryGrouper`) is a common minor performance issue.
 **Action:** Lift resource lookups out of loops whenever possible.
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 ## 2024-05-22 - O(N) Lookups in Compose
 **Learning:** Found an O(N) lookup inside a Compose layout (LanguageSelector) that ran on every recomposition/interaction. This is common when filtering lists based on IDs.
 **Action:** Always prefer Map<ID, Item> for lookups, especially for static data like supported languages.
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+## 2024-05-22 - Hardware Layers vs SaveLayer
+**Learning:** `Modifier.drawWithContent { saveLayer(...) }` allocates an offscreen buffer on every frame. `Modifier.graphicsLayer { colorFilter = ... }` uses the view system/hardware layer properties which is much more efficient.
+**Action:** Use `graphicsLayer` for simple color filters and alpha/scale effects instead of manual canvas drawing.