diff --git a/pages/package.json b/pages/package.json
index 6a058129..9a6b5b14 100644
--- a/pages/package.json
+++ b/pages/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "@types/three": "^0.185.0",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.16",
     "babel-loader": "^9.1.3",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^12.0.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^14.0.0",
     "css-loader": "^6.8.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.5.3",
diff --git a/pages/src/App.tsx b/pages/src/App.tsx
index 765c37ad..6c4fe913 100644
--- a/pages/src/App.tsx
+++ b/pages/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import React, { Suspense, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Routes, Route, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import LandingPage from './components/LandingPage';
 import FeaturesPage from './pages/FeaturesPage';
-import BenchmarkPage from './pages/BenchmarkPage';
-import QuickStartPage from './pages/QuickStartPage';
-import DocsPage from './pages/DocsPage';
-import BlogPage from './pages/BlogPage';
+
+const BenchmarkPage = React.lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "benchmark-page" */ './pages/BenchmarkPage'));
+const QuickStartPage = React.lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "quickstart-page" */ './pages/QuickStartPage'));
+const DocsPage = React.lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "docs-page" */ './pages/DocsPage'));
+const BlogPage = React.lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "blog-page" */ './pages/BlogPage'));
 
 const ScrollToTop: React.FC = () => {
   const { pathname } = useLocation();
@@ -19,15 +20,17 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
   return (
     <>
       <ScrollToTop />
-      <Routes>
-        <Route path="/" element={<LandingPage><FeaturesPage /></LandingPage>} />
-        <Route path="/benchmark" element={<LandingPage><BenchmarkPage /></LandingPage>} />
-        <Route path="/quickstart" element={<LandingPage><QuickStartPage /></LandingPage>} />
-        <Route path="/docs" element={<DocsPage />} />
-        <Route path="/docs/:slug" element={<DocsPage />} />
-        <Route path="/blog" element={<BlogPage />} />
-        <Route path="/blog/:slug" element={<BlogPage />} />
-      </Routes>
+      <Suspense fallback={<div style={{ minHeight: '100vh', background: '#000000' }} />}>
+        <Routes>
+          <Route path="/" element={<LandingPage><FeaturesPage /></LandingPage>} />
+          <Route path="/benchmark" element={<LandingPage><BenchmarkPage /></LandingPage>} />
+          <Route path="/quickstart" element={<LandingPage><QuickStartPage /></LandingPage>} />
+          <Route path="/docs" element={<DocsPage />} />
+          <Route path="/docs/:slug" element={<DocsPage />} />
+          <Route path="/blog" element={<BlogPage />} />
+          <Route path="/blog/:slug" element={<BlogPage />} />
+        </Routes>
+      </Suspense>
     </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/pages/src/components/HeroSection.tsx b/pages/src/components/HeroSection.tsx
index 0af00952..852c71fd 100644
--- a/pages/src/components/HeroSection.tsx
+++ b/pages/src/components/HeroSection.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import React, { useCallback, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React, { Suspense, useCallback, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useTranslation } from '../i18n';
 import { useResponsive } from '../hooks/useResponsive';
-import ColorBends from './ColorBends';
 import docDownloadIcon from '../assets/icons/doc-download-green.svg';
 import copyIcon from '../assets/icons/icon-copy.svg';
 
+const ColorBends = React.lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "color-bends" */ './ColorBends'));
+
 
 const TC = {
   brand: '#756BFF',
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ const HeroSection: React.FC = () => {
   const { isMobile, isTablet } = useResponsive();
   const [toastVisible, setToastVisible] = useState(false);
   const [toastMessage, setToastMessage] = useState('');
+  const [showShaderBackground, setShowShaderBackground] = useState(false);
 
   const showToast = (message: string) => {
     setToastMessage(message);
@@ -164,6 +166,29 @@ const HeroSection: React.FC = () => {
     return () => clearTimeout(timer);
   }, [toastVisible]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let secondFrame: number | undefined;
+    const firstFrame = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      secondFrame = requestAnimationFrame(() => setShowShaderBackground(true));
+    });
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(firstFrame);
+      if (secondFrame !== undefined) cancelAnimationFrame(secondFrame);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const shaderFallback = (
+    <div
+      style={{
+        position: 'absolute',
+        inset: 0,
+        zIndex: 0,
+        background: 'radial-gradient(circle at 50% 20%, #0d750d 0%, #042e04 38%, #000000 78%)',
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+
   return (
     <>
     <section
@@ -179,29 +204,34 @@ const HeroSection: React.FC = () => {
       }}
     >
       {/* Shader Background */}
-      <ColorBends
-        style={{
-          position: 'absolute',
-          left: 0,
-          top: 0,
-          width: '100%',
-          height: '100%',
-          zIndex: 0,
-        }}
-        colors={['#0d750d', '#042e04', '#066020']}
-        rotation={90}
-        speed={0.23}
-        scale={1.2}
-        frequency={1}
-        warpStrength={1}
-        mouseInfluence={1}
-        noise={0.33}
-        parallax={0.45}
-        iterations={1}
-        intensity={0.8}
-        bandWidth={6}
-        transparent
-      />
+      {shaderFallback}
+      {showShaderBackground && (
+        <Suspense fallback={null}>
+          <ColorBends
+            style={{
+              position: 'absolute',
+              left: 0,
+              top: 0,
+              width: '100%',
+              height: '100%',
+              zIndex: 0,
+            }}
+            colors={['#0d750d', '#042e04', '#066020']}
+            rotation={90}
+            speed={0.23}
+            scale={1.2}
+            frequency={1}
+            warpStrength={1}
+            mouseInfluence={1}
+            noise={0.33}
+            parallax={0.45}
+            iterations={1}
+            intensity={0.8}
+            bandWidth={6}
+            transparent
+          />
+        </Suspense>
+      )}
 
       {/* Gradient overlay */}
       <div
diff --git a/pages/src/components/MarkdownRenderer.tsx b/pages/src/components/MarkdownRenderer.tsx
index 932a7338..b1652a0d 100644
--- a/pages/src/components/MarkdownRenderer.tsx
+++ b/pages/src/components/MarkdownRenderer.tsx
@@ -2,38 +2,54 @@ import React, { useMemo, useEffect, useRef, useState, useCallback, useId } from
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { Marked, Renderer } from 'marked';
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
-import mermaid from 'mermaid';
 import { useTranslation } from '../i18n';
 import copyIcon from '../assets/icons/icon-copy.svg';
 import { generateHeadingId } from '../utils/headingId';
 
-// Initialize mermaid with dark theme
-mermaid.initialize({
-  startOnLoad: false,
-  // 'strict' makes mermaid sanitize its own SVG output (DOMPurify internally):
-  // safe label HTML like <b>/<span> is kept, scripts/handlers are stripped.
-  // This is why we can inject the returned SVG directly below without re-sanitizing.
-  securityLevel: 'strict',
-  theme: 'dark',
-  themeVariables: {
-    primaryColor: '#1a1a2e',
-    primaryTextColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.85)',
-    primaryBorderColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.2)',
-    lineColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.4)',
-    secondaryColor: '#16213e',
-    tertiaryColor: '#0f3460',
-    background: '#000000',
-    mainBkg: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.04)',
-    nodeBorder: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.16)',
-    clusterBkg: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.02)',
-    titleColor: '#FFFFFF',
-    edgeLabelBackground: '#000000',
-  },
-  flowchart: {
-    htmlLabels: true,
-    curve: 'basis',
-  },
-});
+type Mermaid = typeof import('mermaid')['default'];
+
+let mermaidPromise: Promise<Mermaid> | null = null;
+
+function loadMermaid(): Promise<Mermaid> {
+  if (!mermaidPromise) {
+    mermaidPromise = import('mermaid')
+      .then(({ default: mermaid }) => {
+        mermaid.initialize({
+          startOnLoad: false,
+          // 'strict' makes mermaid sanitize its own SVG output (DOMPurify internally):
+          // safe label HTML like <b>/<span> is kept, scripts/handlers are stripped.
+          // This is why we can inject the returned SVG directly below without re-sanitizing.
+          securityLevel: 'strict',
+          theme: 'dark',
+          themeVariables: {
+            primaryColor: '#1a1a2e',
+            primaryTextColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.85)',
+            primaryBorderColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.2)',
+            lineColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.4)',
+            secondaryColor: '#16213e',
+            tertiaryColor: '#0f3460',
+            background: '#000000',
+            mainBkg: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.04)',
+            nodeBorder: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.16)',
+            clusterBkg: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.02)',
+            titleColor: '#FFFFFF',
+            edgeLabelBackground: '#000000',
+          },
+          flowchart: {
+            htmlLabels: true,
+            curve: 'basis',
+          },
+        });
+        return mermaid;
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        // Allow a later navigation to retry after a transient chunk-load failure.
+        mermaidPromise = null;
+        throw error;
+      });
+  }
+  return mermaidPromise;
+}
 
 interface MarkdownRendererProps {
   content: string;
@@ -132,33 +148,47 @@ const MarkdownRenderer: React.FC<MarkdownRendererProps> = ({ content }) => {
     const mermaidBlocks = containerRef.current.querySelectorAll('code.language-mermaid');
     if (mermaidBlocks.length === 0) return;
 
-    const renderPromises = Array.from(mermaidBlocks).map(async (block) => {
-      const pre = block.parentElement;
-      if (!pre) return;
-      const code = block.textContent || '';
+    const renderMermaidBlocks = async () => {
       try {
-        const id = `mermaid-diagram-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
-        const { svg } = await mermaid.render(id, code);
+        const mermaid = await loadMermaid();
         if (cancelled) return;
-        // Replace the <pre> with rendered SVG. The SVG is produced by mermaid with
-        // securityLevel:'strict' (see initialize above), which already sanitizes its
-        // output. Re-running DOMPurify over the whole SVG breaks it (namespaces,
-        // inline <style>, foreignObject labels), so we inject mermaid's trusted
-        // output directly.
-        const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
-        wrapper.className = 'mermaid-rendered';
-        // codeql[js/xss-through-dom] -- svg is derived from user-controlled mermaid code, but mermaid
-        // renders it with securityLevel:'strict' (see initialize above), which sanitizes the output via
-        // DOMPurify (scripts/handlers stripped). The trust boundary relies on that setting staying 'strict'.
-        wrapper.innerHTML = svg;
-        pre.replaceWith(wrapper);
+
+        for (const block of Array.from(mermaidBlocks)) {
+          const pre = block.parentElement;
+          if (!pre) continue;
+          const code = block.textContent || '';
+          try {
+            const id = `mermaid-diagram-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+            const { svg } = await mermaid.render(id, code);
+            if (cancelled) return;
+            // Replace the <pre> with rendered SVG. The SVG is produced by mermaid with
+            // securityLevel:'strict' (configured in loadMermaid), which already sanitizes
+            // its output. Re-running DOMPurify over the whole SVG breaks it (namespaces,
+            // inline <style>, foreignObject labels), so we inject mermaid's trusted output.
+            const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
+            wrapper.className = 'mermaid-rendered';
+            // codeql[js/xss-through-dom] -- svg is derived from user-controlled mermaid code, but mermaid
+            // renders it with securityLevel:'strict' (see loadMermaid), which sanitizes the output via
+            // DOMPurify (scripts/handlers stripped). The trust boundary relies on that setting staying 'strict'.
+            wrapper.innerHTML = svg;
+            pre.replaceWith(wrapper);
+          } catch (e) {
+            if (cancelled) return;
+            // If rendering fails, show the code block normally
+            (block as HTMLElement).style.display = 'block';
+            console.warn('[Mermaid] render failed:', e);
+          }
+        }
       } catch (e) {
         if (cancelled) return;
-        // If rendering fails, show the code block normally
-        (block as HTMLElement).style.display = 'block';
-        console.warn('[Mermaid] render failed:', e);
+        for (const block of Array.from(mermaidBlocks)) {
+          (block as HTMLElement).style.display = 'block';
+        }
+        console.warn('[Mermaid] failed to load:', e);
       }
-    });
+    };
+
+    void renderMermaidBlocks();
 
     return () => { cancelled = true; };
   }, [html]);
diff --git a/pages/webpack.config.js b/pages/webpack.config.js
index 1aea6b54..bb15ea24 100644
--- a/pages/webpack.config.js
+++ b/pages/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,14 +1,47 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
+const CompressionPlugin = require('compression-webpack-plugin');
 const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 const CopyPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
+const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
 
 module.exports = {
-  mode: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'production' : 'development',
+  mode: isProduction ? 'production' : 'development',
   entry: './src/index.tsx',
   output: {
     path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
-    filename: 'bundle.js',
-    publicPath: '/'
+    filename: '[name].[contenthash:8].bundle.js',
+    chunkFilename: '[name].[contenthash:8].chunk.js',
+    publicPath: '/',
+    clean: true
+  },
+  optimization: {
+    runtimeChunk: 'single',
+    splitChunks: {
+      chunks: 'all',
+      cacheGroups: {
+        react: {
+          test: /[\\/]node_modules[\\/](react|react-dom|react-router|react-router-dom|scheduler)[\\/]/,
+          name: 'react',
+          priority: 30,
+          enforce: true
+        },
+        three: {
+          test: /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]three[\\/]/,
+          name: 'three',
+          chunks: 'async',
+          priority: 20,
+          enforce: true
+        },
+        mermaid: {
+          test: /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]mermaid[\\/]/,
+          name: 'mermaid',
+          chunks: 'async',
+          priority: 20,
+          enforce: true
+        }
+      }
+    }
   },
   module: {
     rules: [
@@ -19,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = {
           loader: 'babel-loader',
           options: {
             presets: [
-              ['@babel/preset-react', { development: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' }],
+              ['@babel/preset-react', { development: !isProduction }],
               '@babel/preset-env',
               '@babel/preset-typescript'
             ]
@@ -76,6 +109,27 @@ module.exports = {
       patterns: [
         { from: 'public', to: '.', noErrorOnMissing: true }
       ]
-    })
+    }),
+    ...(isProduction ? [
+      new CompressionPlugin({
+        filename: '[path][base].gz',
+        algorithm: 'gzip',
+        test: /\.(js|css|html|svg)$/i,
+        threshold: 10240,
+        minRatio: 0.8
+      }),
+      new CompressionPlugin({
+        filename: '[path][base].br',
+        algorithm: 'brotliCompress',
+        compressionOptions: {
+          params: {
+            [zlib.constants.BROTLI_PARAM_QUALITY]: 11
+          }
+        },
+        test: /\.(js|css|html|svg)$/i,
+        threshold: 10240,
+        minRatio: 0.8
+      })
+    ] : [])
   ]
 };