How to speed up development? (Lots of time wasted waiting for sails...)

Development in sails is a pain! I have to wait... and wait... and wait... So much time wasted on waiting!

1. Each time I update a controller/model/config, I have to restart sails.js. Takes 25-35 seconds each time to reboot the server.
2. When I update a CSS/JS file, I hit refresh in the browser, and the changes don't appear! I assume in the background sails has to move the new files from /assets to /.tmp. But I have to wait 5-10 seconds for a simple CSS/JS change to appear! (I already have caching turned off in Google Console).

I don't mind #1 so much, I understand it's a necessity (I was spoiled all those years working with Apache/PHP where changes appeared instantly).

But #2 really gets to me. Is there any way to make this speed up? I can't possibly keep developing like this.

ie. make it serve files from /assets instead of /.tmp while in development?

ie. skip compiling and just serve the LESS/SASS files? etc...