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..4567ea36d7d 100644
--- a/pinot-controller/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-controller/pom.xml
@@ -166,5 +166,41 @@
         <npm.script>build</npm.script>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pinot-fastdev</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.6.0</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>check-frontend-up-to-date</id>
+                <phase>process-sources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>uptodate-property</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <fileSet>
+                    <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/app</directory>
+                    <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/dist/webapp/js</outputDirectory>
+                    <includes>
+                      <include>**/*</include>
+                    </includes>
+                    <mapper>
+                      <type>merge</type>
+                      <to>main.js</to>
+                    </mapper>
+                  </fileSet>
+                  <name>skip.npm</name>
+                  <value>true</value>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/pinot-distribution/pom.xml b/pinot-distribution/pom.xml
index 9c8f1f05496..7a66c11af42 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 af1b43baa7c..3a7bac59e24 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@
     <h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
     <jnr-posix.version>3.1.20</jnr-posix.version>
     <scalatest.version>3.2.19</scalatest.version>
+    <archiver.compress>true</archiver.compress>
+    <archiver.recompressZippedFiles>true</archiver.recompressZippedFiles>
   </properties>
 
   <profiles>
@@ -294,6 +296,8 @@
         <rat.skip>true</rat.skip>
         <spotless.check.skip>true</spotless.check.skip>
         <shade.phase.prop>none</shade.phase.prop>
+        <archiver.compress>false</archiver.compress>
+        <archiver.recompressZippedFiles>false</archiver.recompressZippedFiles>
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <!--build profile for linux-aarch64. We exclude certain tests as they use runtime JNI bindings not supported for linux-aarch64-->