diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8392d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b9d835..8388ebf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ backend/bin/
 .vscode
 *.pem
 .env
+.direnv
+.envrc.local
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 530d298..cf411df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ help:
 
 ## backend: Build and run the backend from source
 backend:
-	@cd backend && go run .
+	@cd backend && CGO_ENABLED=0 go run .
 .PHONY: backend
 
 ## frontend: Build and run the frontend from source
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 4e0f414..c34b7a0 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/davegallant/rfd-fyi
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.26
 
 require (
 	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.5
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43f833f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1771008912,
+        "narHash": "sha256-gf2AmWVTs8lEq7z/3ZAsgnZDhWIckkb+ZnAo5RzSxJg=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "a82ccc39b39b621151d6732718e3e250109076fa",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28de54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+  description = "rfd-fyi development environment";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            # Node.js LTS with npm
+            nodejs_20
+
+            # Go for backend
+            go
+
+            # Build tools
+            pkg-config
+
+            # Development utilities
+            git
+            curl
+            jq
+
+            # Optional: for better development experience
+            gnumake
+          ];
+
+          shellHook = ''
+            echo "🚀 rfd-fyi development environment loaded"
+            echo "Available commands:"
+            echo "  Frontend: npm install, npm run build, npm run serve"
+            echo "  Backend:  cd backend && CGO_ENABLED=0 go run ."
+            echo ""
+            echo "Node version: $(node --version)"
+            echo "npm version: $(npm --version)"
+            echo "Go version: $(go version)"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Tip: Run 'npm install' to install frontend dependencies"
+            echo "Tip: Vite is available via 'npx vite' or 'npm run build'"
+          '';
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 289a1a1..ade4a06 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1,17 +1,39 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="" data-bs-theme="dark">
+<html lang="en" data-bs-theme="dark">
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0" />
     <meta name="description" content="An overlay of rfd deals" />
-    <link rel="icon" href="<%= BASE_URL %>favicon.png" />
+    
+    <!-- DNS prefetch for faster Google Fonts resolution -->
+    <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
+    <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" />
+    
+    <!-- Preconnect for faster font loading -->
+    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
+    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />
+    
+    <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.png" />
+    
+    <!-- Load Material Symbols font with optimal display settings -->
+    <link
+      rel="preload"
+      as="font"
+      type="font/woff2"
+      href="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/materialsymbolsoutlined/v211/gok-H7zzDkdnRel8-DQ6KAXJ69wP1tGnf4ZGhQcyWwg.woff2"
+      crossorigin
+    />
     <link
       rel="stylesheet"
-      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Material+Symbols+Outlined:opsz,wght,FILL,GRAD@20..48,100..700,0..1,-50..200"
+      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Material+Symbols+Outlined:opsz,wght,FILL,GRAD@20..48,100..700,0..1,-50..200&display=block"
     />
+    
     <title>rfd-fyi - An overlay of hot deals</title>
+    
+    <!-- Analytics - loaded async/defer so it doesn't block page -->
     <script
+      async
       defer
       src="https://umami.davegallant.ca/script.js"
       data-website-id="59ffe8be-509a-471e-8cd6-a63c5b35b7aa"
@@ -26,6 +48,5 @@
     </noscript>
     <div id="app"></div>
     <script type="module" src="/src/main.js"></script>
-    <!-- built files will be auto injected -->
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 44b3541..ad11596 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@
         "axios": "^1.12.0",
         "core-js": "^3.32.1",
         "cssnano": "^7.0.0",
-        "jquery": "^4.0.0",
-        "moment": "^2.29.4",
+        "dayjs": "^1.11.10",
         "vue": "^3.5.17",
-        "vue-github-button": "^3.0.3",
         "vue-loading-overlay": "^6.0.3",
         "vue-router": "^5.0.0",
         "vuetify": "^3.9.6"
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@
         "eslint-plugin-vue": "^9.17.0",
         "postcss-cli": "^11.0.0",
         "sass-embedded": "^1.89.2",
-        "unplugin-fonts": "^1.3.1",
         "unplugin-vue-components": "^31.0.0",
         "vite": "^6.3.6",
         "vite-plugin-vuetify": "^2.1.1"
@@ -7252,6 +7249,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-z1HGKcYy2xA8AGQfwrn0PAy+PB7X/GSj3UVJW9qKyn43xWa+gl5nXmU4qqLMRzWVLFC8KusUX8T/0kCiOYpAIQ==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/dayjs": {
+      "version": "1.11.19",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dayjs/-/dayjs-1.11.19.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-t5EcLVS6QPBNqM2z8fakk/NKel+Xzshgt8FFKAn+qwlD1pzZWxh0nVCrvFK7ZDb6XucZeF9z8C7CBWTRIVApAw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/debounce": {
       "version": "1.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debounce/-/debounce-1.2.1.tgz",
@@ -8983,12 +8986,6 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/github-buttons": {
-      "version": "2.29.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/github-buttons/-/github-buttons-2.29.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TV3YgAKda5hPz75n7QXmGCsSzgVya1vvmBieebg3EB5ScmashTZ0FldViG1aU2d4V5rcAGrtQ7k5uAaCo0A4PA==",
-      "license": "BSD-2-Clause"
-    },
     "node_modules/glob": {
       "version": "7.2.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/glob/-/glob-7.2.3.tgz",
@@ -9870,12 +9867,6 @@
         "@sideway/pinpoint": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/jquery": {
-      "version": "4.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery/-/jquery-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TXCHVR3Lb6TZdtw1l3RTLf8RBWVGexdxL6AC8/e0xZKEpBflBsjh9/8LXw+dkNFuOyW9B7iB3O1sP7hS0Kiacg==",
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
     "node_modules/js-message": {
       "version": "1.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-message/-/js-message-1.0.7.tgz",
@@ -10737,15 +10728,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/moment": {
-      "version": "2.30.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment/-/moment-2.30.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uEmtNhbDOrWPFS+hdjFCBfy9f2YoyzRpwcl+DqpC6taX21FzsTLQVbMV/W7PzNSX6x/bhC1zA3c2UQ5NzH6how==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "*"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/mrmime": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mrmime/-/mrmime-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -14809,41 +14791,6 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/unplugin": {
-      "version": "2.3.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unplugin/-/unplugin-2.3.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RyWSb5AHmGtjjNQ6gIlA67sHOsWpsbWpwDokLwTcejVdOjEkJZh7QKu14J00gDDVSh8kGH4KYC/TNBceXFZhtw==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "acorn": "^8.14.1",
-        "picomatch": "^4.0.2",
-        "webpack-virtual-modules": "^0.6.2"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18.12.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/unplugin-fonts": {
-      "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unplugin-fonts/-/unplugin-fonts-1.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TIJqr5rSlK/+3oL5nnrrEJ+Ty2taQ/bTJY1C5abYnksl553Q3HoHVqS4pnRLDkwpZq8AYqywib3kEVvHH+CtRQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "fast-glob": "^3.3.3",
-        "unplugin": "2.3.5"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@nuxt/kit": "^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0",
-        "vite": "^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0 || ^6.0.0 || ^7.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "@nuxt/kit": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/unplugin-utils": {
       "version": "0.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unplugin-utils/-/unplugin-utils-0.3.1.tgz",
@@ -14971,26 +14918,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/unplugin/node_modules/picomatch": {
-      "version": "4.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picomatch/-/picomatch-4.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-5gTmgEY/sqK6gFXLIsQNH19lWb4ebPDLA4SdLP7dsWkIXHWlG66oPuVvXSGFPppYZz8ZDZq0dYYrbHfBCVUb1Q==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/unplugin/node_modules/webpack-virtual-modules": {
-      "version": "0.6.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-virtual-modules/-/webpack-virtual-modules-0.6.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-66/V2i5hQanC51vBQKPH4aI8NMAcBW59FVBs+rC7eGHupMyfn34q7rZIE+ETlJ+XTevqfUhVVBgSUNSW2flEUQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
     "node_modules/upath": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/upath/-/upath-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -15328,15 +15255,6 @@
         "node": ">=10"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/vue-github-button": {
-      "version": "3.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vue-github-button/-/vue-github-button-3.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ZdOnUuYJL/wUsxISsC96TARzCdf1twaWooZoI14+g4RHsJltPY+Agw6Ox6pjuMqMX0uhSK1JOMFUFNCQGlcZGA==",
-      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "github-buttons": "^2.22.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/vue-hot-reload-api": {
       "version": "2.3.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vue-hot-reload-api/-/vue-hot-reload-api-2.3.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d29dce5..3ec789f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
     "axios": "^1.12.0",
     "core-js": "^3.32.1",
     "cssnano": "^7.0.0",
-    "jquery": "^4.0.0",
-    "moment": "^2.29.4",
+    "dayjs": "^1.11.10",
     "vue": "^3.5.17",
-    "vue-github-button": "^3.0.3",
     "vue-loading-overlay": "^6.0.3",
     "vue-router": "^5.0.0",
     "vuetify": "^3.9.6"
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-vue": "^9.17.0",
     "postcss-cli": "^11.0.0",
     "sass-embedded": "^1.89.2",
-    "unplugin-fonts": "^1.3.1",
     "unplugin-vue-components": "^31.0.0",
     "vite": "^6.3.6",
     "vite-plugin-vuetify": "^2.1.1"
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 3c2d757..f53d481 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script>
 import axios from "axios";
-import moment from "moment";
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import Loading from "vue-loading-overlay";
 import { install } from "@github/hotkey";
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default {
   computed: {
     formatDate() {
       return (v) => {
-        return moment(String(v)).format("hh:mm A z (MM/DD)");
+        return dayjs(String(v)).format("hh:mm A z (MM/DD)");
       };
     },
     filteredTopics() {
diff --git a/src/theme.css b/src/theme.css
index 1257b0d..40f0fdd 100644
--- a/src/theme.css
+++ b/src/theme.css
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+/* Material Symbols font optimization - prevent flash of unstyled text */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Material Symbols Outlined';
+  src: url('https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/materialsymbolsoutlined/v211/gok-H7zzDkdnRel8-DQ6KAXJ69wP1tGnf4ZGhQcyWwg.woff2') format('woff2');
+  font-weight: 100 700;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-display: block;
+}
+
+.material-symbols-outlined {
+  font-family: 'Material Symbols Outlined';
+  font-weight: normal;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-size: 24px;
+  line-height: 1;
+  letter-spacing: normal;
+  text-transform: none;
+  display: inline-block;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  word-wrap: normal;
+  direction: ltr;
+}
+
 body {
   max-width: 100%;
 }
diff --git a/vite.config.mjs b/vite.config.mjs
index 67b8427..651f261 100644
--- a/vite.config.mjs
+++ b/vite.config.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import Components from "unplugin-vue-components/vite";
 import Vue from "@vitejs/plugin-vue";
 import Vuetify, { transformAssetUrls } from "vite-plugin-vuetify";
-import Fonts from "unplugin-fonts/vite";
 
 // Utilities
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
@@ -14,23 +13,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
     Vue({
       template: { transformAssetUrls },
     }),
-    // https://github.com/vuetifyjs/vuetify-loader/tree/master/packages/vite-plugin#readme
     Vuetify(),
     Components(),
-    Fonts({
-      fontsource: {
-        families: [
-          {
-            name: "Roboto",
-            weights: [100, 300, 400, 500, 700, 900],
-            styles: ["normal", "italic"],
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-    }),
   ],
   optimizeDeps: {
     exclude: ["vuetify"],
+    include: ["axios", "vue-router", "vue-loading-overlay"],
   },
   define: { "process.env": {} },
   resolve: {
@@ -55,4 +43,37 @@ export default defineConfig({
       },
     },
   },
+  build: {
+    target: "esnext",
+    minify: "terser",
+    terserOptions: {
+      compress: {
+        drop_console: true,
+      },
+    },
+    rollupOptions: {
+      output: {
+        manualChunks: {
+          "vuetify": ["vuetify"],
+          "vendor": ["axios", "dayjs", "vue-router", "vue-loading-overlay"],
+        },
+        chunkFileNames: "js/[name].[hash].js",
+        entryFileNames: "js/[name].[hash].js",
+        assetFileNames: (assetInfo) => {
+          const info = assetInfo.name.split(".");
+          const ext = info[info.length - 1];
+          if (/png|jpe?g|gif|tiff|bmp|ico/i.test(ext)) {
+            return `images/[name].[hash][extname]`;
+          } else if (/woff|woff2|eot|ttf|otf/i.test(ext)) {
+            return `fonts/[name].[hash][extname]`;
+          } else if (ext === "css") {
+            return `css/[name].[hash][extname]`;
+          }
+          return `[name].[hash][extname]`;
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    chunkSizeWarningLimit: 1000,
+    reportCompressedSize: true,
+  },
 });