diff --git a/docs/dev-practices.md b/docs/dev-practices.md
index c88b55f..2ac32d8 100644
--- a/docs/dev-practices.md
+++ b/docs/dev-practices.md
@@ -46,11 +46,16 @@ software development practices.
     > If there are, consider breaking them down to smaller tasks.
 
 - The quality control status can be tracked:
+
   - `qa:ready`: the issue has been fixed and is ready to test.
   - `qa:fail`: the issue was not fixed as intended and requires additional
     work from the developer.
   - The `qa:xx` label can be removed when an issue is closed.
 
+- Issues marked `good first issue` are approachable to newcomers in the repo.
+  - Ideally the repo should always have a few low priority `good first issue`
+    tags to help foster open source contribution / onboarding.
+
 #### Issue Assignment
 
 - Assign issues to the dev who will work on it.
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index a7f37f8..5c33cf0 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ theme:
   favicon: assets/images/favicon.png
   logo: assets/images/hot_logo.png
   # custom_dir: docs/overrides
+  features:
+    - navigation.instant
+    - navigation.instant.prefetch
+    - navigation.instant.progress
 
 extra_css:
   - css/extra.css