diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b1845247a..ba37722e0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -117,17 +117,12 @@ FROM ruby:${RUBY_VERSION}-alpine AS render-production
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache git build-base postgresql-dev curl-dev gcompat tzdata vips-dev imagemagick
 
-ENV BUNDLE_CACHE=/tmp/bundle \
-  BUNDLE_JOBS=2 \
-  PORT=3000
-
 WORKDIR /rails
 COPY Gemfile Gemfile.lock .ruby-version ./
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,id=gems,target=/tmp/bundle \
-  bundle install
-
-ENV BUNDLE_DEPLOYMENT=1 \
+ENV BUNDLE_CACHE=/tmp/bundle \
+  BUNDLE_JOBS=2 \
+  BUNDLE_DEPLOYMENT=1 \
   BUNDLE_WITHOUT=development \
   RAILS_ENV=production \
   PORT=8080
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 99b9eaf1c..3defc5c1c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ group :development do
   gem "rubocop-rails"
   gem "rubocop-capybara"
   gem "rubocop-minitest"
-
-  gem "pgreset"
-  gem "htmlbeautifier"
-
-  # https://github.com/kirillplatonov/hotwire-livereload
-  gem "hotwire-livereload", "~> 1.3"
-
   gem "dockerfile-rails", ">= 1.6"
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7575bd314..b62701457 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -125,11 +125,6 @@ GEM
     ffi (1.16.3)
     globalid (1.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
-    hotwire-livereload (1.3.2)
-      actioncable (>= 6.0.0)
-      listen (>= 3.0.0)
-      railties (>= 6.0.0)
-    htmlbeautifier (1.4.2)
     i18n (1.14.4)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     image_processing (1.12.2)
@@ -146,9 +141,6 @@ GEM
     json (2.7.1)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
     lint_roller (1.1.0)
-    listen (3.9.0)
-      rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
-      rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     loofah (2.22.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
@@ -190,7 +182,6 @@ GEM
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
     pg (1.5.6)
-    pgreset (0.4)
     prism (0.19.0)
     pry (0.14.2)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
@@ -245,9 +236,6 @@ GEM
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.1.0)
-    rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
-    rb-inotify (0.10.1)
-      ffi (~> 1.0)
     rdoc (6.6.2)
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
     redcarpet (3.6.0)
@@ -376,14 +364,11 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capybara
   debug
   dockerfile-rails (>= 1.6)
-  hotwire-livereload (~> 1.3)
-  htmlbeautifier
   image_processing (~> 1.2)
   importmap-rails
   minitest-stub_any_instance
   name_of_person
   pg (~> 1.1)
-  pgreset
   pry-rails
   puma (>= 5.0)
   rails (~> 7.1.3)
diff --git a/app/views/application/_head.html.erb b/app/views/application/_head.html.erb
index 27c02be7c..7cd36a86e 100644
--- a/app/views/application/_head.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/application/_head.html.erb
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@
   <%= render 'application/head/favicons' %>
   <%= render 'application/head/meta_tags' %>
   <%= content_for :head %>
-  <%= hotwire_livereload_tags if Rails.env.development? %> <!-- Hotwire LiveReload -->
 </head>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/dockerfile.yml b/config/dockerfile.yml
index 9ead9e27b..a8866eb78 100644
--- a/config/dockerfile.yml
+++ b/config/dockerfile.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ options:
     fly_launch_runtime: rails
   postgresql: true
   prepare: false
-  redis: true
   yjit: true
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 60c2651d2..959cf0de5 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
   # Raise error when a before_action's only/except options reference missing actions
   config.action_controller.raise_on_missing_callback_actions = true
 
-  config.hotwire_livereload.reload_method = :turbo_stream
+  config.web_console.permissions = "192.168.0.0/16"
 
-  config.hosts << ENV['DEV_HOST']
+  config.hosts << ENV['DEV_HOST'] if ENV['DEV_HOST'].present?
 end
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 71c83802c..1b9dd1285 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 version: '3.1'
 
 services:
-  redis:
-    image: redis
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli","ping"]
-
   postgres:
     image: postgres:16
     restart: always
@@ -21,20 +16,18 @@ services:
       retries: 5
 
   base: &base
-    depends_on: ["redis", "postgres"]
+    depends_on: ["postgres"]
     restart: on-failure:3
     tty: true
     build:
       context: .
       target: development
     environment:
-      - REDIS_URL=redis://redis/0
       - DATABASE_URL=postgres://app:secret@postgres/app_development
-      - DEV_HOST=${DEV_HOST}
+      - DEV_HOST=${DEV_HOST:-localhost} # Set if you want to use a different hostname
     ports: ["3000:3000"]
     volumes:
       - .:/rails
-      - /rails/tmp
 
   worker:
     <<: *base
diff --git a/fly.toml b/fly.toml
index 331a03908..8d43c92b6 100644
--- a/fly.toml
+++ b/fly.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ console_command = '/rails/bin/rails console'
 
 [processes]
   app = './bin/rails server'
-  worker = 'bundle exec rake solid_queue:start'
+
+[env]
+  RUN_SOLID_QUEUE_IN_PUMA = 'true'
 
 [http_service]
   internal_port = 3000
diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
index 0fc6594fa..3f59dca06 100644
--- a/render.yaml
+++ b/render.yaml
@@ -31,17 +31,8 @@ services:
         fromDatabase:
           name: hostedgpt-postgres
           property: connectionString
-      - key: REDIS_URL
-        fromService:
-          type: redis
-          name: hostedgpt-redis
-          property: connectionString
       - fromGroup: hostedgpt-secrets
       - key: RUN_SOLID_QUEUE_IN_PUMA
         value: true
       - key: WEB_CONCURRENCY
         value: 2 # sensible default
-  - type: redis
-    plan: free
-    name: hostedgpt-redis
-    ipAllowList: [] # no external connections