VSCode and Zephyr Slow build/programming

Why is the build and flashing so slow with the nRF5340 and Zephyr?  Is there anyway to make it more reasonable?  

I have been doing embedded for years and I have not seen a build and flash system this slow in over 20 years. I assume that the west mess is not using multiple cores for compile, but this does not explain the slowness in flashing code. 

Is there anything that can be done to fix these issues? 

Thanks

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