diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bdc3b3e3d4e..e4be03bec84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ more information on how to contribute to Apache Pinot.
 Normal Pinot builds are done using the `mvn clean install` command. 
 However this command can take a long time to run.
 For faster builds it is recommended to use `mvn verify -Ppinot-fastdev`, which disables some plugins that are not 
-actually needed for development. 
+actually needed for development and disables artifact compression. 
 
 ## Building Pinot
 More detailed instructions can be found at [Quick Demo](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/basics/getting-started/quick-start) section in the documentation.
diff --git a/pinot-controller/pom.xml b/pinot-controller/pom.xml
index 7d0feca112d..f8509e1cf8a 100644
--- a/pinot-controller/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-controller/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   <properties>
     <pinot.root>${basedir}/..</pinot.root>
     <npm.script>build-ci</npm.script>
+    <npm.command>ci</npm.command>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -121,13 +122,13 @@
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
-            <id>npm ci</id>
+            <id>npm ci</id><!-- npm ci removes node_modules! -->
             <goals>
               <goal>npm</goal>
             </goals>
             <phase>generate-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <arguments>ci</arguments>
+              <arguments>${npm.command}</arguments>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -166,5 +167,11 @@
         <npm.script>build</npm.script>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pinot-fastdev</id>
+      <properties>
+        <npm.command>install --no-audit</npm.command>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/pinot-controller/src/main/resources/package-lock.json b/pinot-controller/src/main/resources/package-lock.json
index ae8c34c68c9..78ab673bfac 100644
--- a/pinot-controller/src/main/resources/package-lock.json
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diff --git a/pinot-controller/src/main/resources/package.json b/pinot-controller/src/main/resources/package.json
index 865af39bd42..79a4d20ce79 100644
--- a/pinot-controller/src/main/resources/package.json
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index 65e89e366ab..f5caac81467 100644
--- a/pinot-controller/src/main/resources/webpack.config.js
+++ b/pinot-controller/src/main/resources/webpack.config.js
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 const { CleanWebpackPlugin } = require('clean-webpack-plugin');
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
+var HardSourceWebpackPlugin = require('hard-source-webpack-plugin');
 
 
 module.exports = (env, argv) => {
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ module.exports = (env, argv) => {
           description: 'Pinot Controller UI',
         },
       }),
+      new HardSourceWebpackPlugin(),
     ],
   };
 };
diff --git a/pinot-distribution/pom.xml b/pinot-distribution/pom.xml
index 126d7727baa..59257e25a05 100644
--- a/pinot-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
                     <descriptor>${pinot.root}/pinot-distribution/pinot-source-assembly.xml</descriptor>
                   </descriptors>
                   <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                  <archiverConfig>
+                    <compress>${archiver.compress}</compress>
+                  </archiverConfig>
+                  <recompressZippedFiles>${archiver.recompressZippedFiles}</recompressZippedFiles>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pom.xml
index fa873b34a69..d26a36a9973 100644
--- a/pinot-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
                 <descriptorRefs>
                   <descriptorRef>pinot-plugin</descriptorRef>
                 </descriptorRefs>
+                <archiverConfig>
+                  <compress>${archiver.compress}</compress>
+                </archiverConfig>
+                <recompressZippedFiles>${archiver.recompressZippedFiles}</recompressZippedFiles>
               </configuration>
             </execution>
           </executions>
diff --git a/pinot-tools/pom.xml b/pinot-tools/pom.xml
index 43ab1552eda..64ef2d150cc 100644
--- a/pinot-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-tools/pom.xml
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@
                 </manifest>
               </archive>
               <finalName>pinot-tool-launcher</finalName>
+              <archiverConfig>
+                <compress>${archiver.compress}</compress>
+              </archiverConfig>
+              <recompressZippedFiles>${archiver.recompressZippedFiles}</recompressZippedFiles>
             </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 291a72ee3fe..7f8e4eb939b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@
     <h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
     <jnr-posix.version>3.1.19</jnr-posix.version>
     <scalatest.version>3.2.19</scalatest.version>
+    <archiver.compress>true</archiver.compress>
+    <archiver.recompressZippedFiles>true</archiver.recompressZippedFiles>
   </properties>
 
   <profiles>
@@ -293,6 +295,9 @@
         <!-- This plugin slows down the builds, most likely caused by an issue in the deprecated org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io.DirectoryScanner -->
         <rat.skip>true</rat.skip>
         <spotless.check.skip>true</spotless.check.skip>
+        <archiver.compress>false</archiver.compress>
+        <archiver.recompressZippedFiles>false</archiver.recompressZippedFiles>
+        <npm.command>install --no-audit</npm.command>
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <!--build profile for linux-aarch64. We exclude certain tests as they use runtime JNI bindings not supported for linux-aarch64-->