diff --git a/components/ui/Views.tsx b/components/ui/Views.tsx
index 0361bba..d263af9 100644
--- a/components/ui/Views.tsx
+++ b/components/ui/Views.tsx
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ type ViewsProps = {
     slug: string
     className?: string
     shouldUpdateViews?: boolean
+    shouldRender?: boolean
 }
 
-export function Views({as: Component = 'span', slug, className, shouldUpdateViews = false}: ViewsProps) {
+const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+
+export function Views({as: Component = 'span', slug, className, shouldUpdateViews = true, shouldRender = true}: ViewsProps) {
     const {data} = useSWR(`/api/views/${slug}`, fetcher) as { data: { views: number } }
     const {mutate} = useSWRConfig()
 
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ export function Views({as: Component = 'span', slug, className, shouldUpdateView
     }, [])
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (shouldUpdateViews) {
+        if (shouldUpdateViews && isProd) {
             const registerView = async () => {
                 await fetcher(`/api/views/${slug}`,
                     {
@@ -50,6 +53,8 @@ export function Views({as: Component = 'span', slug, className, shouldUpdateView
         }
     }, [])
 
+    if (!shouldRender) return null
+
     return (
         <Component className={className}>
             {` · ${data?.views > 0 ? numberFormat(data.views) : '—'} views`}
diff --git a/pages/index.tsx b/pages/index.tsx
index 9965920..63bc19d 100644
--- a/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/index.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ function Article(article: Article) {
                     <Card.Eyebrow as="time" dateTime={article.date} decorate={false}>
                         {formatDate(article.date)}
                     </Card.Eyebrow>
-                    <Views slug={article.slug} className="text-sm text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400"/>
+                    <Views
+                        slug={article.slug}
+                        className="text-sm text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400"
+                        shouldUpdateViews={false}
+                    />
                 </p>
             </Card>
         </article>
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ export default function Home({articles}: { articles: Article[] }) {
                         <Resume/>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                <Views slug='home' shouldRender={false}/>
             </Container>
         </>
     )
diff --git a/pages/writing/index.tsx b/pages/writing/index.tsx
index 1a59ce8..d6ab654 100644
--- a/pages/writing/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/writing/index.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ function Article({article}: { article: Article }) {
                     <Card.Eyebrow as="time" dateTime={article.date} decorate={false}>
                         {formatDate(article.date)}
                     </Card.Eyebrow>
-                    <Views slug={article.slug} className="text-sm text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400"/>
+                    <Views
+                        slug={article.slug}
+                        className="text-sm text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400"
+                        shouldUpdateViews={false}
+                    />
                 </p>
             </Card>
         </article>