Instead of applying a transform for every RenderObject, pass down an Offset for where to paint.

sky/sdk/lib/rendering/flex.dart

 // Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'dart:math' as math;
 
 import 'box.dart';
 import 'object.dart';
 
 class FlexBoxParentData extends BoxParentData with ContainerParentDataMixin<RenderBox> {
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       }
       childMainPosition += _getMainSize(child) + betweenSpace;
       child = child.parentData.nextSibling;
     }
   }
 
   void hitTestChildren(HitTestResult result, { Point position }) {
     defaultHitTestChildren(result, position: position);
   }
 
-  void paint(RenderCanvas canvas) {
-    defaultPaint(canvas);
+  void paint(RenderCanvas canvas, Offset offset) {
+    defaultPaint(canvas, offset);
   }
 }