diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/core/pipeline/webgpuLimitations.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/core/pipeline/webgpuLimitations.ts
index df789a97b0..64eb46e672 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/core/pipeline/webgpuLimitations.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/core/pipeline/webgpuLimitations.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,17 @@ function requiredAlignOf(schema: BaseData) {
  * See https://www.w3.org/TR/WGSL/#address-space-layout-constraints
  */
 export function warnIfNotUniformAligned(schema: BaseData) {
+  if (!logger.isEnabled('uniform-schema-misaligned')) {
+    // Silenced by default in production, and computing memory layouts isn't free
+    return;
+  }
+
+  checkUniformAlignment(schema);
+}
+
+function checkUniformAlignment(schema: BaseData) {
   if (isWgslArray(schema)) {
-    warnIfNotUniformAligned(schema.elementType);
+    checkUniformAlignment(schema.elementType);
 
     const stride = roundUp(sizeOf(schema.elementType), alignmentOf(schema.elementType));
     if (stride % 16 !== 0) {
@@ -62,7 +71,7 @@ To address this, put the element schema in a struct and wrap the prop in 'd.alig
     }
   }
   if (isWgslStruct(schema)) {
-    Object.values(schema.propTypes).forEach(warnIfNotUniformAligned);
+    Object.values(schema.propTypes).forEach(checkUniformAlignment);
 
     Object.entries(schema.propTypes).forEach(([key, value]) => {
       const offset = memoryLayoutOf(schema, (schema) => schema[key]).offset;
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/tgpuLogger.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/tgpuLogger.ts
index e1f1125903..eaac927a6f 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/tgpuLogger.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/tgpuLogger.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ type WarningType = (typeof warningTypes)[number];
 
 // internal API
 interface Logger {
+  /** Lets callers skip computing what a warning needs when it wouldn't be shown anyway. */
+  isEnabled(type: WarningType): boolean;
   warn(type: WarningType, ...args: unknown[]): void;
   warnOnce(type: WarningType, key: object, tag: string, ...args: unknown[]): void;
 }
@@ -67,6 +69,10 @@ export class TgpuLogger implements Logger, Warn {
     this.#enabledWarnings = new Set(this.#initialEnabledWarnings);
   }
 
+  isEnabled(type: WarningType): boolean {
+    return this.#enabledWarnings.has(type);
+  }
+
   warn(type: WarningType, ...args: unknown[]) {
     if (this.#enabledWarnings.has(type)) {
       console.warn(`⚠️ [${type}] `, ...args);