diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 2d12fe3ae..cdf8f00d4 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ environment:
     - job_name: VS2019
       CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform%
     - job_name: VS2019ARM
-      CMAKE_ARGS: -A ARM64 -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=1 -D SIMDJSON_GOOGLE_BENCHMARKS=OFF # Does Google Benchmark builds under VS ARM?
+      CMAKE_ARGS: -A ARM64   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=1 -D SIMDJSON_GOOGLE_BENCHMARKS=OFF # Does Google Benchmark builds under VS ARM?
     - job_name: VS2017 (Static, No Threads)
       image: Visual Studio 2017
-      CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform% -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS=OFF
+      CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform%   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS=OFF
       CTEST_ARGS: -LE explicitonly
     - job_name: VS2019 (Win32)
       platform: Win32
-      CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform% -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DSIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS=ON # This should be the default. Testing anyway.
+      CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform%   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DSIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS=ON # This should be the default. Testing anyway.
       CTEST_ARGS: -LE explicitonly
     - job_name: VS2019 (Win32, No Exceptions)
       platform: Win32
-      CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform% -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DSIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS=ON -DSIMDJSON_EXCEPTIONS=OFF
+      CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform%   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DSIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS=ON -DSIMDJSON_EXCEPTIONS=OFF
       CTEST_ARGS: -LE explicitonly
     - job_name: VS2015
       image: Visual Studio 2015
-      CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform% -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS=OFF
+      CMAKE_ARGS: -A %Platform%   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS=OFF
       CTEST_ARGS: -LE explicitonly
 
 build_script:
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b06d9fca9..32269c1c7 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ commands:
     steps:
       - cmake_prep
       - dependency_restore
-      - run: cmake $CMAKE_FLAGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=destination -B build .
+      - run: cmake  -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON $CMAKE_FLAGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=destination -B build .
       - dependency_cache # dependencies are produced in the configure step
 
   cmake_build:
     steps:
       - cmake_build_cache
-      - run: cmake --build build
+      - run: cmake  --build build
 
   cmake_test:
     steps:
diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index e6cff0c37..89204122c 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ task:
   build_script:
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
-    - cmake -DSIMDJSON_BASH=OFF  -DSIMDJSON_GIT=OFF ..
-    - make
+    - cmake -DSIMDJSON_BASH=OFF   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON  -DSIMDJSON_GIT=OFF ..
+    - cmake --build .
   test_script:
     - cd build
     - ctest --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index ca4cd0668..d41ff9652 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ steps:
     CC: gcc
     CXX: g++
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
-    CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly 
+    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON
+    CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - scripts/addcmakeppa.sh "$(env -i sh -c '. /etc/os-release; echo $VERSION_CODENAME')"
     - apt-get install -y g++ cmake gcc git
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ steps:
     - cd build
     - cmake $CMAKE_FLAGS ..
     - cmake --build . $BUILD_FLAGS
-    - ctest $CTEST_FLAGS 
+    - ctest $CTEST_FLAGS
 ---
 kind: pipeline
 name: i386-clang # we do not support 32-bit systems, but we run tests
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ steps:
     CC: clang-6.0
     CXX: clang++-6.0
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
-    CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly 
+    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF  -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON
+    CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - scripts/addcmakeppa.sh "$(env -i sh -c '. /etc/os-release; echo $VERSION_CODENAME')"
     - apt-get install -y clang++-6.0 cmake git
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ steps:
     - cd build
     - cmake $CMAKE_FLAGS ..
     - cmake --build . $BUILD_FLAGS
-    - ctest $CTEST_FLAGS 
+    - ctest $CTEST_FLAGS
 ---
 kind: pipeline
 name: gcc9
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ steps:
     CC: gcc
     CXX: g++
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=haswell;westmere;fallback
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=haswell;westmere;fallback
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ steps:
     CC: clang-6.0
     CXX: clang++-6.0
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=haswell;westmere;fallback
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=haswell;westmere;fallback
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - mkdir build
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ steps:
     CC: gcc
     CXX: g++
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ steps:
   environment:
     CC: clang-9
     CXX: clang++-9
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ steps:
     CC: gcc
     CXX: g++
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=haswell;westmere;fallback
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=haswell;westmere;fallback
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ steps:
   environment:
     CC: clang-9
     CXX: clang++-9
-    CMAKE_FLAGS:  -DSIMDJSON_NO_FORCE_INLINING=ON -DSIMDJSON_SANITIZE=ON -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=haswell;westmere;fallback
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:    -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DSIMDJSON_NO_FORCE_INLINING=ON -DSIMDJSON_SANITIZE=ON -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=haswell;westmere;fallback
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ steps:
   environment:
     CC: clang-11
     CXX: clang++-11
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -GNinja
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -GNinja
     BUILD_FLAGS:
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
     CXXFLAGS: -std=c++20 -stdlib=libc++
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ steps:
     CC: gcc
     CXX: g++
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=arm64;fallback
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=arm64;fallback
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ steps:
   environment:
     CC: clang-6.0
     CXX: clang++-6.0
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure  -LE explicitonly
   commands:
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ steps:
     CC: gcc
     CXX: g++
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ steps:
   environment:
     CC: clang-6.0
     CXX: clang++-6.0
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ steps:
   image: gcc:8
   environment:
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=arm64;fallback
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=arm64;fallback
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
     CC: gcc
     CXX: g++
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ steps:
   environment:
     CC: clang-6.0
     CXX: clang++-6.0
-    CMAKE_FLAGS:  -DSIMDJSON_NO_FORCE_INLINING=ON -DSIMDJSON_SANITIZE=ON -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=arm64;fallback
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:    -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DSIMDJSON_NO_FORCE_INLINING=ON -DSIMDJSON_SANITIZE=ON -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION=arm64;fallback
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ steps:
     CC: clang-9
     CXX: clang++-9
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j 4
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -GNinja -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -GNinja -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
     CXXFLAGS: -stdlib=libc++
   commands:
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ steps:
     CC: clang-9
     CXX: clang++-9
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
     CXXFLAGS: -stdlib=libc++
   commands:
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ steps:
     CC: clang-7
     CXX: clang++-7
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
     CXXFLAGS: -stdlib=libc++
   commands:
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ steps:
     CC: gcc
     CXX: g++
     BUILD_FLAGS: -- -j
-    CMAKE_FLAGS: -DSIMDJSON_EXCEPTIONS=OFF
+    CMAKE_FLAGS:   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DSIMDJSON_EXCEPTIONS=OFF
     CTEST_FLAGS: -j4 --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly
   commands:
     - echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 37e8428ac..eb1f37adc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ install:
 script:
   - mkdir build
   - cd build
-  - cmake $CMAKE_FLAGS ..
+  - cmake   -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON $CMAKE_FLAGS ..
   - cmake --build . -- -j2
   - SIMDJSON_FORCE_IMPLEMENTATION=ppc64 ctest $CTEST_FLAGS -L per_implementation
   - SIMDJSON_FORCE_IMPLEMENTATION=fallback ctest $CTEST_FLAGS -L per_implementation