diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b5d68aa..1d5c2238 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [profile.release]
-# we leave debug = true on so that sentry can give us line numbers
+# `debug = true` so that sentry can give us line numbers
 debug = true
-# TODO: enable lto (and maybe other things proven with benchmarks) once rapid development is done
-lto = true
-
-# TODO: we can't do panic = abort because the websockets disconnect by panicking sometimes
-# TODO: i want to have a panic handler than sends things to pagerduty when we panic, but that will be too verbose too
+# spend longer compiling for a slightly faster binary
+codegen-units = 1