diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d43a75b..35e9516 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 FROM python:3.14-alpine
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+
+# Set working directory
 WORKDIR /code
+
+# Enable bytecode compilation and suppress uv cache warning
+ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
+
+# Install dependencies first for better layer caching
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=uv.lock,target=uv.lock \
+    uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-dev
+
+# Copy the rest of the application
 COPY . .
-RUN uv sync
-ENTRYPOINT ["uv", "run", "app"]
+
+# Install the project itself
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+    uv sync --frozen --no-dev
+
+# Use the direct path to the executable to bypass 'uv run' overhead (~100ms)
+ENTRYPOINT ["/code/.venv/bin/app"]
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 450814a..9a6e4d0 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -52,20 +52,12 @@ run = "uv lock --upgrade"
 [tasks.lint]
 description = "Lint and format code"
 alias = "l"
-run = [
-    "uv run ruff check --fix",
-    "uv run ruff format",
-    # "uv run pyright",
-]
+run = "uv run sh -c 'ruff check --fix && ruff format'"
 
 [tasks.test]
 description = "Run tests with coverage"
 alias = "t"
-run = [
-    "uv run coverage run -m pytest .",
-    "uv run coverage report -m",
-    "uv run coverage xml",
-]
+run = "uv run sh -c 'coverage run -m pytest . && coverage report -m && coverage xml'"
 
 [tasks.all]
 description = "Full setup from scratch"
diff --git a/scripts/rename.py b/scripts/rename.py
index 4388ac2..ed0ad91 100644
--- a/scripts/rename.py
+++ b/scripts/rename.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
+from collections import defaultdict
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from click import ClickException, UsageError, command, echo, option
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def main(name: str, description: str, author: str, email: str, github: str):
         raise ClickException(f"Error: Neither 'project' nor '{source}' directory found.")
 
     # 2. File modifications
-    replacements = [
+    replacements_list = [
         ("docs/reference/app.md", r"^::: project\.app", f"::: {source}.app"),
         ("mkdocs.yml", r"^repo_name: .*", f"repo_name: {github}/{name}"),
         ("mkdocs.yml", r"^repo_url: .*", f"repo_url: https://github.com/{github}/{name}"),
@@ -44,16 +45,25 @@ def main(name: str, description: str, author: str, email: str, github: str):
         (".github/FUNDING.yml", r"^github: \[.*\]", f"github: [{github}]"),
     ]
 
-    for filepath, pattern, replacement in replacements:
+    # Group replacements by file to minimize I/O
+    file_replacements = defaultdict(list)
+    for filepath, pattern, replacement in replacements_list:
+        file_replacements[filepath].append((pattern, replacement))
+
+    for filepath, patterns in file_replacements.items():
         path = Path(filepath)
         if not path.exists():
             echo(f"Warning: File {filepath} not found, skipping.")
             continue
 
         content = path.read_text()
-        new_content = re.sub(pattern, replacement, content, flags=re.MULTILINE)
-        path.write_text(new_content)
-        echo(f"Updated {filepath}")
+        new_content = content
+        for pattern, replacement in patterns:
+            new_content = re.sub(pattern, replacement, new_content, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+
+        if new_content != content:
+            path.write_text(new_content)
+            echo(f"Updated {filepath}")
 
     echo("Project initialization complete.")