diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cae3d3d4b..c32901afa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ yarn-error.log
 # testing
 /coverage
 
+# ESLint cache for faster incremental lints
+.eslintcache
+
 # Bun
 bun.lockb
 dist
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c1beb3b8..b9267dfe8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 #   make test          - Run tests
 #
 # Parallelism:
-#   Use make -jN to run independent tasks concurrently (e.g., make -j4 build)
+#   Runs in parallel by default for faster builds. Use -j1 for sequential execution.
+#   Individual targets can opt out with .NOTPARALLEL if needed.
 #
 # Backwards Compatibility:
 #   All commands also work via `bun run` (e.g., `bun run dev` calls `make dev`)
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@
 #   Branches reduce reproducibility - builds should fail fast with clear errors
 #   if dependencies are missing, not silently fall back to different behavior.
 
+# Enable parallel execution by default (only if user didn't specify -j)
+ifeq (,$(filter -j%,$(MAKEFLAGS)))
+MAKEFLAGS += -j
+endif
+
 # Include formatting rules
 include fmt.mk
 
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
index 12bb096ba..3fa7d5953 100755
--- a/scripts/lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ ESLINT_PATTERN='src/**/*.{ts,tsx}'
 
 if [ "$1" = "--fix" ]; then
   echo "Running bun x eslint with --fix..."
-  bun x eslint "$ESLINT_PATTERN" --fix
+  bun x eslint --cache "$ESLINT_PATTERN" --fix
 else
   echo "Running eslint..."
-  bun x eslint "$ESLINT_PATTERN"
+  bun x eslint --cache "$ESLINT_PATTERN"
   echo "ESLint checks passed!"
 fi