diff --git a/app/assets/fonts/Bold.woff b/app/assets/fonts/Bold.woff
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diff --git a/app/assets/fonts/Italic.woff b/app/assets/fonts/Italic.woff
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/app/assets/fonts/Regular.woff b/app/assets/fonts/Regular.woff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccfda8c
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diff --git a/app/assets/fonts/Regular.woff2 b/app/assets/fonts/Regular.woff2
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 7471403..3b0d991 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -9,9 +9,50 @@
  * Consider organizing styles into separate files for maintainability.
  */
 
+/* Phantom Sans Font Faces */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Phantom Sans';
+  src: url('/assets/Regular.woff2') format('woff2'),
+       url('/assets/Regular.woff') format('woff');
+  font-weight: normal;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Phantom Sans';
+  src: url('/assets/Italic.woff2') format('woff2'),
+       url('/assets/Italic.woff') format('woff');
+  font-weight: normal;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Phantom Sans';
+  src: url('/assets/Bold.woff2') format('woff2'),
+       url('/assets/Bold.woff') format('woff');
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
 @import "https://uchu.style/color.css";
 @import "settings.css";
 
+body, html {
+  font-family: 'Phantom Sans', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
+}
+
+*, *::before, *::after {
+  font-family: inherit;
+}
+
+code, pre, kbd, samp {
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, "SF Mono", Consolas, "Liberation Mono", Menlo, monospace;
+}
+
+
 /* Force dark mode for all elements */
 *, *::before, *::after {
   color-scheme: dark;
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 2f42bd7..c10008e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   before_action :honeybadger_context, if: :current_user
   before_action :initialize_cache_counters
   before_action :try_rack_mini_profiler_enable
+  before_action :track_request
   after_action :track_action
 
   around_action :switch_time_zone, if: :current_user
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     ahoy.track "Ran action", request.path_parameters
   end
 
+  def track_request
+    RequestCounter.increment
+  end
+
   def try_rack_mini_profiler_enable
     if current_user && current_user.is_admin?
       Rack::MiniProfiler.authorize_request
diff --git a/app/controllers/static_pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/static_pages_controller.rb
index a2d3330..2657873 100644
--- a/app/controllers/static_pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/static_pages_controller.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ class StaticPagesController < ApplicationController
       @leaderboard = LeaderboardGenerator.generate_timezone_offset_leaderboard(
         Date.current, current_user.timezone_utc_offset, :daily
       )
+
+      if @leaderboard&.entries&.empty?
+        Rails.logger.warn "[MiniLeaderboard] Regional leaderboard empty for offset #{current_user.timezone_utc_offset}"
+      end
     else
       # Use global leaderboard
       @leaderboard = Leaderboard.where.associated(:entries)
@@ -102,6 +106,16 @@ class StaticPagesController < ApplicationController
                                 .first
     end
 
+    if @leaderboard.nil? || @leaderboard.entries.empty?
+      Rails.logger.info "[MiniLeaderboard] Falling back to global leaderboard"
+      @leaderboard = Leaderboard.where.associated(:entries)
+                                .where(start_date: Date.current)
+                                .where(deleted_at: nil)
+                                .where(period_type: :daily)
+                                .distinct
+                                .first
+    end
+
     @active_projects = Cache::ActiveProjectsJob.perform_now
 
     render partial: "leaderboards/mini_leaderboard", locals: {
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 6653306..b75902b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     { hits: hits, misses: misses }
   end
 
+  def requests_per_second
+    rps = RequestCounter.per_second
+    rps == :high_load ? "lots of req/sec" : "#{rps} req/sec"
+  end
+
   def admin_tool(class_name = "", element = "div", **options, &block)
     return unless current_user&.is_admin?
     concat content_tag(element, class: "admin-tool #{class_name}", **options, &block)
diff --git a/app/jobs/warm_mini_leaderboard_cache_job.rb b/app/jobs/warm_mini_leaderboard_cache_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28e5b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/warm_mini_leaderboard_cache_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+class WarmMiniLeaderboardCacheJob < ApplicationJob
+  queue_as :default
+
+  def perform
+    offsets = [ -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, 0, 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ]
+
+    offsets.each do |offset|
+      begin
+        LeaderboardGenerator.generate_timezone_offset_leaderboard(
+          Date.current,
+          offset,
+          :daily
+        )
+        Rails.logger.info "Warmed mini leaderboard cache for UTC#{offset >= 0 ? '+' : ''}#{offset}"
+      rescue => e
+        Rails.logger.error "Failed to warm cache for UTC#{offset >= 0 ? '+' : ''}#{offset}: #{e.message}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/lib/request_counter.rb b/app/lib/request_counter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b42934c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/request_counter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+class RequestCounter
+  WINDOW_SIZE = 10 # seconds - shorter window for more responsive rates
+  HIGH_LOAD_THRESHOLD = 500 # req/sec to disable tracking
+  CIRCUIT_BREAKER_DURATION = 30 # seconds to stay disabled
+
+  @buckets = {}
+  @disabled_until = nil
+
+  class << self
+    def increment
+      return if disabled?
+
+      current_time = Time.current.to_i
+      @buckets[current_time] = (@buckets[current_time] || 0) + 1
+
+      # Check if we should disable due to high load
+      check_circuit_breaker(current_time)
+
+      # Periodically clean old buckets (1% chance)
+      cleanup if rand(100) == 0
+    end
+
+    def per_second
+      return :high_load if disabled?
+
+      current_time = Time.current.to_i
+      cutoff = current_time - WINDOW_SIZE
+
+      total = @buckets.select { |timestamp, _| timestamp >= cutoff }.values.sum
+      (total.to_f / WINDOW_SIZE).round(2)
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def disabled?
+      @disabled_until && Time.current.to_i < @disabled_until
+    end
+
+    def check_circuit_breaker(current_time)
+      # Check last 5 seconds for high load
+      recent_total = @buckets.select { |ts, _| ts >= current_time - 5 }.values.sum
+
+      if recent_total > HIGH_LOAD_THRESHOLD * 5 # 5 seconds worth
+        @disabled_until = current_time + CIRCUIT_BREAKER_DURATION
+        @buckets.clear # Clear to reduce memory
+      end
+    end
+
+    def cleanup
+      return if disabled? # Skip cleanup when disabled
+
+      current_time = Time.current.to_i
+      cutoff = current_time - WINDOW_SIZE - 10 # extra buffer
+      @buckets.reject! { |timestamp, _| timestamp < cutoff }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/heartbeatable.rb b/app/models/concerns/heartbeatable.rb
index 3b6a694..b85e585 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/heartbeatable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/heartbeatable.rb
@@ -98,9 +98,19 @@ module Heartbeatable
     end
 
     def daily_streaks_for_users(user_ids, start_date: 31.days.ago)
-      # First get the raw durations using window function
+      return {} if user_ids.empty?
+      start_date = [ start_date, 30.days.ago ].max
+      keys = user_ids.map { |id| "user_streak_#{id}" }
+      streak_cache = Rails.cache.read_multi(*keys)
+
+      uncached_users = user_ids.select { |id| streak_cache["user_streak_#{id}"].nil? }
+
+      if uncached_users.empty?
+        return user_ids.index_with { |id| streak_cache["user_streak_#{id}"] || 0 }
+      end
+
       raw_durations = joins(:user)
-        .where(user_id: user_ids)
+        .where(user_id: uncached_users)
         .coding_only
         .with_valid_timestamps
         .where(time: start_date..Time.current)
@@ -128,8 +138,7 @@ module Heartbeatable
          }
        end
 
-      # Initialize the result hash with zeros for all users
-      result = user_ids.index_with { 0 }
+      result = user_ids.index_with { |id| streak_cache["user_streak_#{id}"] || 0 }
 
       # Then calculate streaks for each user
       daily_durations.each do |user_id, data|
@@ -158,6 +167,9 @@ module Heartbeatable
         end
 
         result[user_id] = streak
+
+        # Cache the streak for 1 hour
+        Rails.cache.write("user_streak_#{user_id}", streak, expires_in: 1.hour)
       end
 
       result
diff --git a/app/services/leaderboard_generator.rb b/app/services/leaderboard_generator.rb
index 9ab4959..99a56f7 100644
--- a/app/services/leaderboard_generator.rb
+++ b/app/services/leaderboard_generator.rb
@@ -11,14 +11,24 @@ class LeaderboardGenerator
 
   def generate_timezone_offset_leaderboard(date, utc_offset, period_type = :daily)
     date = Date.current if date.blank?
-    users = User.users_in_timezone_offset(utc_offset).not_convicted
-    generate_leaderboard_for_users(users, date, "UTC#{utc_offset >= 0 ? '+' : ''}#{utc_offset}", period_type)
+
+    cache_key = "timezone_leaderboard_#{utc_offset}_#{date}_#{period_type}"
+
+    Rails.cache.fetch(cache_key, expires_in: 5.minutes) do
+      users = User.users_in_timezone_offset(utc_offset).not_convicted
+      generate_leaderboard_for_users(users, date, "UTC#{utc_offset >= 0 ? '+' : ''}#{utc_offset}", period_type)
+    end
   end
 
   def generate_timezone_leaderboard(date, timezone, period_type = :daily)
     date = Date.current if date.blank?
-    users = User.users_in_timezone(timezone).not_convicted
-    generate_leaderboard_for_users(users, date, timezone, period_type)
+
+    cache_key = "timezone_leaderboard_#{timezone.gsub('/', '_')}_#{date}_#{period_type}"
+
+    Rails.cache.fetch(cache_key, expires_in: 5.minutes) do
+      users = User.users_in_timezone(timezone).not_convicted
+      generate_leaderboard_for_users(users, date, timezone, period_type)
+    end
   end
 
   private
@@ -34,10 +44,13 @@ class LeaderboardGenerator
       finished_generating_at: Time.current
     )
 
-    # Get user IDs
+    # Get user IDs and preload users hash for faster lookups
     user_ids = users.pluck(:id)
     return leaderboard if user_ids.empty?
 
+    # Preload users into a hash for O(1) lookups
+    users_hash = users.index_by(&:id)
+
     # Calculate heartbeats for the date range in UTC
     date_range = case period_type
     when :weekly
@@ -48,7 +61,7 @@ class LeaderboardGenerator
       date.all_day
     end
 
-    # Get heartbeats for these users
+    # Get heartbeats for these users - limit to reduce query size
     heartbeats = Heartbeat.where(user_id: user_ids, time: date_range)
                          .coding_only
                          .with_valid_timestamps
@@ -59,8 +72,10 @@ class LeaderboardGenerator
     user_totals = heartbeats.group(:user_id).duration_seconds
     user_totals = user_totals.filter { |_, total_seconds| total_seconds > 60 }
 
-    # Get streaks for all users at once
-    streaks = Heartbeat.daily_streaks_for_users(user_totals.keys) if user_totals.any?
+    # Only calculate streaks for users who actually have time today
+    # This significantly reduces the streak calculation overhead
+    streak_user_ids = user_totals.keys
+    streaks = streak_user_ids.any? ? Heartbeat.daily_streaks_for_users(streak_user_ids, start_date: 30.days.ago) : {}
 
     # Create virtual leaderboard entries
     entries = user_totals.map do |user_id, total_seconds|
@@ -71,8 +86,8 @@ class LeaderboardGenerator
         streak_count: streaks[user_id] || 0
       )
 
-      # Manually set the user association to avoid N+1 queries
-      entry.user = users.find { |u| u.id == user_id }
+      # Use preloaded users hash instead of find
+      entry.user = users_hash[user_id]
       entry
     end.sort_by(&:total_seconds).reverse
 
diff --git a/app/views/admin/post_reviews/show.html.erb b/app/views/admin/post_reviews/show.html.erb
index 5c8a79f..6ff54d6 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/post_reviews/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/post_reviews/show.html.erb
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 <style>
   .post-review-container {
-    font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';
     padding: 1rem; background-color: #1F2937; color: #E5E7EB;
     min-height: calc(100vh - 4rem); display: flex; flex-direction: column;
   }
diff --git a/app/views/admin/ysws_reviews/show.html.erb b/app/views/admin/ysws_reviews/show.html.erb
index f2d0dc6..d02aaa0 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/ysws_reviews/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/ysws_reviews/show.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%# app/views/admin/ysws_reviews/show.html.erb %>
 <% content_for :title, "YSWS Review: #{@submission.airtable_fields['name']&.truncate(30) || 'Untitled Submission'}" %>
 
-<div class="ysws-review-container" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 1rem; background-color: #1F2937; color: #E5E7EB; min-height: calc(100vh - 4rem);">
+<div class="ysws-review-container" style="padding: 1rem; background-color: #1F2937; color: #E5E7EB; min-height: calc(100vh - 4rem);">
   <div class="ysws-review-header">
     <h1 style="color: #FFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #4A5568; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 1.5rem;">
       YSWS Submission Review
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 142e72d..cfb9cfe 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
             in the last 24 hours.
             (DB: <%= pluralize(QueryCount::Counter.counter, "query") %>, <%= QueryCount::Counter.counter_cache %> cached)
             (CACHE: <%= cache_stats[:hits] %> hits, <%= cache_stats[:misses] %> misses)
+            (<%= requests_per_second %>)
           </p>
           <% if session[:impersonater_user_id] %>
             <%= link_to "Stop impersonating", stop_impersonating_path, class: "impersonate-link", data: { turbo_prefetch: "false" } %>
diff --git a/app/views/leaderboards/_mini_leaderboard.html.erb b/app/views/leaderboards/_mini_leaderboard.html.erb
index 171f8c6..0e59e97 100644
--- a/app/views/leaderboards/_mini_leaderboard.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/leaderboards/_mini_leaderboard.html.erb
@@ -2,23 +2,19 @@
   <% if leaderboard.present? %>
     <%
       entries = leaderboard.entries.respond_to?(:order) ? leaderboard.entries.order(total_seconds: :desc) : leaderboard.entries
-      if current_user
-        user_rank = entries.find_index { |entry| entry.user_id == current_user.id }
-        if user_rank && user_rank >= 3
-          # Show top 2 entries and immediate competition
-          top_entries = entries[0..1]
-          competition_entries = entries[[user_rank - 1, 2].max..[user_rank + 1, entries.size - 1].min]
-          mini_leaderboard_entries = top_entries + competition_entries
-          show_top_entries = false
-        else
-          # Show top 3 entries (either user is in top 3 or not on leaderboard)
-          mini_leaderboard_entries = entries.first(3)
-          show_top_entries = true
-        end
+      
+      top_entries = entries.first(3)
+      user_entry = current_user ? entries.find { |entry| entry.user_id == current_user.id } : nil
+      user_rank = user_entry ? entries.index(user_entry) : nil
+      
+      if user_entry && user_rank && user_rank >= 3
+        person_above = entries[user_rank - 1] if user_rank > 0
+        context_entries = person_above ? [person_above, user_entry] : [user_entry]
+        mini_leaderboard_entries = top_entries + context_entries
+        show_user_separately = true
       else
-        # Not logged in, show top 3
-        mini_leaderboard_entries = entries.first(3)
-        show_top_entries = true
+        mini_leaderboard_entries = top_entries
+        show_user_separately = false
       end
     %>
 
@@ -36,21 +32,19 @@
         </p>
         <div class="space-y-2">
           <% mini_leaderboard_entries.each_with_index do |entry, idx| %>
-            <% is_competition = !show_top_entries && idx >= 2 %>
-            <div class="flex items-center p-3 rounded-lg hover:bg-dark transition-colors duration-200 <%= 'bg-dark border border-red' if entry.user_id == current_user&.id %>">
-              <% if !is_competition %>
-                <% rank_emoji = case entries.index(entry)
-                     when 0 then "🥇"
-                     when 1 then "🥈"
-                     when 2 then "🥉"
-                     end %>
-                <div class="w-8 text-center text-lg"><%= rank_emoji %></div>
-              <% else %>
-                <% if idx == 2 && entries.index(entry) - entries.index(mini_leaderboard_entries[1]) > 1 %>
-                  <div class="text-center text-muted font-bold tracking-widest text-lg py-1">...</div>
-                <% end %>
-                <div class="w-8 text-center text-lg font-medium text-muted"><%= entries.index(entry) + 1 %></div>
-              <% end %>
+            <% 
+              actual_rank = entries.index(entry) 
+              is_separator_needed = show_user_separately && idx == 3 && actual_rank > 3
+            %>
+
+            <div class="flex items-center p-3 rounded-lg bg-dark transition-colors duration-200 <%= 'bg-dark border border-red' if entry.user_id == current_user&.id %>">
+              <% rank_emoji = case actual_rank
+                   when 0 then "🥇"
+                   when 1 then "🥈"
+                   when 2 then "🥉"
+                   else actual_rank + 1
+                   end %>
+              <div class="w-8 text-center text-lg"><%= rank_emoji %></div>
               <div class="flex-1 mx-3 min-w-0">
                 <div class="flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap">
                   <%= render "shared/user_mention", user: entry.user, show: [:neighborhood] %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_nav.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_nav.html.erb
index 29977f9..1dbc59f 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_nav.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_nav.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<aside class="flex flex-col min-h-screen w-[250px] bg-dark text-white px-2 py-4 border-r border-red overflow-y-auto lg:block" data-nav-target="nav">
+<aside class="flex flex-col min-h-screen w-[250px] bg-dark text-white px-2 py-4 rounded-r-lg overflow-y-auto lg:block" data-nav-target="nav" style="scrollbar-width: none; -ms-overflow-style: none;">
   <div class="space-y-4">
     <% flash.each do |name, msg| %>
       <div>
diff --git a/app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb b/app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb
index eec2fd8..ae1537a 100644
--- a/app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
         </div>
       </div>
     <% end %>
-
     <p>
       <% if @show_logged_time_sentence %>
         You've logged
@@ -123,23 +122,20 @@
         No time logged today... but you can change that!
       <% end %>
     </p>
-
-    <%#= turbo_frame_tag "mini_leaderboard", src: mini_leaderboard_static_pages_path do %>
-      <%#= render "leaderboards/mini_leaderboard_loading" %>
-    <%# end %>
-
+    <%= turbo_frame_tag "mini_leaderboard", src: mini_leaderboard_static_pages_path do %>
+      <%= render "leaderboards/mini_leaderboard_loading" %>
+    <% end %>
     <%= turbo_frame_tag "filterable_dashboard", src: filterable_dashboard_static_pages_path do %>
       <span>Loading...</span>
     <% end %>
-
     <%= turbo_frame_tag "activity_graph", src: activity_graph_static_pages_path do %>
       <span>Loading...</span>
     <% end %>
   <% else %>
-    <%# if @leaderboard %>
-      <!--<h3>Today's Top Hack Clubbers</h3>-->
-      <%#= render "leaderboards/mini_leaderboard", leaderboard: @leaderboard, current_user: nil %>
-    <%# end %>
+    <% if @leaderboard %>
+      <h3>Today's Top Hack Clubbers</h3>
+      <%= render "leaderboards/mini_leaderboard", leaderboard: @leaderboard, current_user: nil %>
+    <% end %>
 
     <div class="login-grid">
       <div class="video-container">
diff --git a/app/views/users/edit.html.erb b/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
index 8984a21..157827e 100644
--- a/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
@@ -357,25 +357,28 @@
         </div>
         
         <% if current_user.wakatime_mirrors.any? %>
-          <div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 mb-4">
+          <% grid_cols = current_user.wakatime_mirrors.size > 1 ? "md:grid-cols-2" : "" %>
+          <div class="grid grid-cols-1 <%= grid_cols %> gap-4 mb-4">
             <% current_user.wakatime_mirrors.each do |mirror| %>
               <div class="p-4 bg-gray-800 border border-gray-600 rounded">
-                <h3 class="text-white font-medium"><%= mirror.name %></h3>
-                <p class="text-gray-400 text-sm"><%= mirror.endpoint_url %></p>
+                <h3 class="text-white font-medium"><%= mirror.endpoint_url %></h3>
+                <p class="text-gray-400 text-sm">
+                  Last synced: <%= mirror.last_synced_at ? time_ago_in_words(mirror.last_synced_at) + " ago" : "Never" %>
+                </p>
               </div>
             <% end %>
           </div>
         <% end %>
 
         <%= form_with(model: [current_user, WakatimeMirror.new], local: true, class: "space-y-4") do |f| %>
-          <div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4">
-            <div>
-              <%= f.label :name, class: "block text-sm font-medium text-gray-200 mb-2" %>
-              <%= f.text_field :name, class: "w-full px-3 py-2 bg-gray-800 border border-gray-600 rounded text-white focus:border-red focus:ring-1 focus:ring-primary" %>
-            </div>
+          <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-4">
             <div>
               <%= f.label :endpoint_url, class: "block text-sm font-medium text-gray-200 mb-2" %>
-              <%= f.url_field :endpoint_url, class: "w-full px-3 py-2 bg-gray-800 border border-gray-600 rounded text-white focus:border-red focus:ring-1 focus:ring-primary" %>
+              <%= f.url_field :endpoint_url, value: "https://wakatime.com/api/v1", class: "w-full px-3 py-2 bg-gray-800 border border-gray-600 rounded text-white focus:border-red focus:ring-1 focus:ring-primary" %>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+              <%= f.label :encrypted_api_key, "WakaTime API Key", class: "block text-sm font-medium text-gray-200 mb-2" %>
+              <%= f.password_field :encrypted_api_key, placeholder: "Enter your WakaTime API key", class: "w-full px-3 py-2 bg-gray-800 border border-gray-600 rounded text-white focus:border-red focus:ring-1 focus:ring-primary" %>
             </div>
           </div>
           <%= f.submit "Add Mirror", class: "px-4 py-2 bg-primary text-white font-medium rounded transition-colors duration-200" %>
diff --git a/config/initializers/cache_warming.rb b/config/initializers/cache_warming.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32b664e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/cache_warming.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Schedule mini leaderboard cache warming
+# This will run every 5 minutes to keep the cache warm
+Rails.application.config.after_initialize do
+  if defined?(Sidekiq::Cron::Job)
+    Sidekiq::Cron::Job.create(
+      name: "Warm Mini Leaderboard Cache",
+      cron: "*/5 * * * *",
+      class: "WarmMiniLeaderboardCacheJob"
+    )
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
index 068c92e..6a1fbd0 100644
--- a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
@@ -1,71 +1,120 @@
 # config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
 
 class Rack::Attack
+  # kill switch in case you really wanna
+  Rack::Attack.enabled = Rails.env.production? || ENV["RACK_ATTACK_ENABLED"] == "true"
+
+  Rack::Attack.cache.store = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new if Rails.env.development?
+
   if ENV["RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS"].present?
-    Rack::Attack.safelist("mark any authenticated access safe") do |request|
-      # Requests are allowed if the return value is truthy
-      request.env["HTTP_RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS"] == ENV["RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS"]
+    begin
+      bypass_value = ENV["RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS"].strip
+      bypass_value = bypass_value.gsub(/\A['"]|['"]\z/, "")
+      bypass_value = bypass_value.gsub(/\\\"/, '"') if bypass_value.include?('\\\"')
+
+      TOKENS = JSON.parse(bypass_value).freeze
+      unless TOKENS.is_a?(Array)
+        Rails.logger.warn "RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS should be a array, tf is this #{TOKENS.class}"
+        TOKENS = [].freeze
+      end
+      Rails.logger.info "RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS loaded #{TOKENS.length} let me in tokens"
+    rescue JSON::ParserError => e
+      Rails.logger.error "RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS failed to read, you fucked it up #{e.message} raw: #{ENV['RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS'].inspect}"
+      TOKENS = [].freeze
     end
+
+    Rack::Attack.safelist("mark any authenticated access safe") do |request|
+      bypass = request.env["HTTP_RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS"] || request.env["HTTP_X_RACK_ATTACK_BYPASS"]
+      bypass.present? && TOKENS.include?(bypass)
+    end
+  else
+    TOKENS = [].freeze
   end
 
-  # Always allow requests from localhost
+  # Always allow requests from bogon ips
   # (blocklist & throttles are skipped)
-  Rack::Attack.safelist("allow from localhost") do |req|
-    # Requests are allowed if the return value is truthy
-    "127.0.0.1" == req.ip || "::1" == req.ip
+  Rack::Attack.safelist("allow from bogon ips") do |req|
+    # max, thats a weird way, check out this method i stole from stack overflow
+    ip = IPAddr.new(req.ip)
+    ip.loopback? || ip.private?
+  rescue IPAddr::InvalidAddressError
+    false
   end
 
-  # Allow an IP address to make 5 requests per second
-  throttle("req/ip", limit: 300, period: 5.minutes) do |req|
-    req.ip
+  Rack::Attack.throttle("general", limit: 300, period: 1.minute) do |req|
+    req.ip unless req.path.start_with?("/assets")
   end
 
-  # Allow an IP address to make 5 POST requests per second
-  throttle("post/ip", limit: 60, period: 5.minutes) do |req|
+  Rack::Attack.throttle("posts by ip", limit: 60, period: 5.minutes) do |req|
     req.ip if req.post?
   end
 
-  # Throttle requests to /login by IP address
-  throttle("login/ip", limit: 5, period: 20.seconds) do |req|
-    if req.path == "/login" && req.post?
-      req.ip
-    end
+  Rack::Attack.throttle("auth requests", limit: 5, period: 1.minute) do |req|
+    req.ip if req.path.in?([ "/login", "/signup", "/auth", "/sessions" ]) && req.post?
   end
 
-  # Throttle requests to /api by IP address
-  throttle("api/ip", limit: 100, period: 5.minutes) do |req|
-    if req.path.start_with?("/api")
-      req.ip
-    end
+  Rack::Attack.throttle("api requests", limit: 1000, period: 1.hour) do |req|
+    req.ip if req.path.start_with?("/api/")
   end
 
-  # Log blocked requests
+  Rack::Attack.throttle("heartbeat api", limit: 10000, period: 1.hour) do |req|
+    req.ip if req.path.start_with?("/api/hackatime/v1/users/current/heartbeats")
+  end
+
+  Rack::Attack.blocklist("block sussy") do |req|
+    # somehow we can do this, so lets get all the cringe ones outta here
+    user_agent = req.env["HTTP_USER_AGENT"].to_s.downcase
+    sussy = %w[scanner bot crawler wget curl python-requests]
+
+    # if you spoof this i swear your actually cringe
+    no_cap = %w[wakatime hackatime github slack discord uptime kuma]
+
+    is_sus = sussy.any? { |agent| user_agent.include?(agent) }
+    allowed = no_cap.any? { |agent| user_agent.include?(agent) }
+
+    is_sus && !allowed
+  end
+
+  # lets actually log things? thanks
   ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe(/rack_attack/) do |name, start, finish, request_id, payload|
     req = payload[:request]
+    user_agent = req.env["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]
 
     case name
     when "rack_attack.throttle"
-      Rails.logger.warn "[Rack::Attack][Throttle] IP: #{req.ip}, Path: #{req.path}, Discriminator: #{payload[:discriminator]}, Matched: #{payload[:matched]}"
+      Rails.logger.warn "[Rack::Attack][Throttle] IP: #{req.ip}, Path: #{req.path}, Rule: #{payload[:matched]}, UA: #{user_agent}"
     when "rack_attack.blocklist"
-      Rails.logger.warn "[Rack::Attack][Blocklist] IP: #{req.ip}, Path: #{req.path}, Discriminator: #{payload[:discriminator]}, Matched: #{payload[:matched]}"
+      Rails.logger.warn "[Rack::Attack][Block] IP: #{req.ip}, Path: #{req.path}, Rule: #{payload[:matched]}, UA: #{user_agent}"
     when "rack_attack.safelist"
-      Rails.logger.info "[Rack::Attack][Safelist] IP: #{req.ip}, Path: #{req.path}, Discriminator: #{payload[:discriminator]}, Matched: #{payload[:matched]}"
+      Rails.logger.info "[Rack::Attack][Bypass] IP: #{req.ip}, Path: #{req.path}, Rule: #{payload[:matched]}"
     end
   end
 
   # Custom response for throttled requests
   self.throttled_responder = lambda do |request|
-    retry_after = (request.env["rack.attack.match_data"] || {})[:period]
-    [
-      429,
-      {
-        "Content-Type" => "application/json",
-        "Retry-After" => retry_after.to_s,
-        "X-RateLimit-Limit" => request.env["rack.attack.matched"].to_s,
-        "X-RateLimit-Remaining" => "0",
-        "X-RateLimit-Reset" => (Time.now + retry_after).to_i.to_s
-      },
-      [ { error: "Too Many Requests", message: "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later." }.to_json ]
-    ]
+    match = request.env["rack.attack.match_data"] || {}
+    retry_after = match[:period] || 60
+    limit = match[:limit] || "unknown"
+
+    now = Time.current
+    reset_time = (now + retry_after).to_i
+
+    headers = {
+      "Content-Type" => "application/json",
+      "Retry-After" => retry_after.to_s,
+      "X-RateLimit-Limit" => limit.to_s,
+      "X-RateLimit-Remaining" => "0",
+      "X-RateLimit-Reset" => reset_time.to_s,
+      "X-RateLimit-Reset-At" => Time.at(reset_time).iso8601
+    }
+
+    res = {
+      error: "Rate limit exceeded",
+      message: "Woah there, way too fast, take a chill pill speedy gonzales!",
+      retry_after: retry_after,
+      reset_at: Time.at(reset_time).iso8601
+    }
+
+    [ 429, headers, [ res.to_json ] ]
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250626001500_add_indexes_for_leaderboard_performance.rb b/db/migrate/20250626001500_add_indexes_for_leaderboard_performance.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c84a8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250626001500_add_indexes_for_leaderboard_performance.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class AddIndexesForLeaderboardPerformance < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    add_index :heartbeats, [ :user_id, :time, :category ], name: 'index_heartbeats_on_user_time_category'
+    add_index :users, [ :timezone, :trust_level ], name: 'index_users_on_timezone_trust_level'
+    add_index :users, :github_uid, name: 'index_users_on_github_uid'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 87c9594..d06484c 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_23_135342) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_26_001500) do
   create_schema "pganalyze"
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_23_135342) do
     t.index ["fields_hash"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_fields_hash_when_not_deleted", unique: true, where: "(deleted_at IS NULL)"
     t.index ["raw_heartbeat_upload_id"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_raw_heartbeat_upload_id"
     t.index ["source_type", "time", "user_id", "project"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_source_type_time_user_project"
+    t.index ["user_id", "time", "category"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_user_time_category"
     t.index ["user_id", "time"], name: "idx_heartbeats_user_time_active", where: "(deleted_at IS NULL)"
     t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_user_id"
   end
@@ -495,7 +496,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_23_135342) do
     t.boolean "allow_public_stats_lookup", default: true, null: false
     t.boolean "default_timezone_leaderboard", default: true, null: false
     t.index ["github_uid", "github_access_token"], name: "index_users_on_github_uid_and_access_token"
+    t.index ["github_uid"], name: "index_users_on_github_uid"
     t.index ["slack_uid"], name: "index_users_on_slack_uid", unique: true
+    t.index ["timezone", "trust_level"], name: "index_users_on_timezone_trust_level"
     t.index ["timezone"], name: "index_users_on_timezone"
   end