diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3ddc876908..767ac63511 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ gem "bootsnap", "~> 1.4", require: false
 gem "dalli", "~> 3.2"
 
 # DB
-gem "hairtrigger", "~> 0.2.20"
+gem "hairtrigger", "~> 1.2"
 gem "immigrant", "~> 0.3.1" # foreign key maintenance
 gem "pg", "~> 1.5"
 gem "pg_search", "~> 2.1"
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "puma", "~> 6.4"
   gem "selenium-webdriver", "~> 4.15.0" # TODO: Can't upgrade to 4.17 until Rails 7 + Ruby 3.3
 
-  # Debugging
-  gem "pry", "~> 0.13"
-  gem "pry-byebug", "~> 3.9"
-  gem "pry-rails", "~> 0.3"
-
   # External request capture
   gem "vcr", "~> 6.0"
   gem "webmock", "~> 3.10"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f679ec5ca3..c526cd121b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ GEM
     bullet (7.2.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
       uniform_notifier (~> 1.11)
-    byebug (11.1.3)
     cancancan (3.6.1)
     capybara (3.40.0)
       addressable
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ GEM
     chunky_png (1.4.0)
     climate_control (0.2.0)
     clipboard-rails (1.7.1)
-    coderay (1.1.3)
     coffee-rails (5.0.0)
       coffee-script (>= 2.2.0)
       railties (>= 5.2.0)
@@ -296,8 +294,8 @@ GEM
       activerecord (>= 4.0.0)
     globalid (1.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
-    hairtrigger (0.2.25)
-      activerecord (>= 5.0, < 8)
+    hairtrigger (1.2.0)
+      activerecord (>= 6.0, < 8)
       ruby2ruby (~> 2.4)
       ruby_parser (~> 3.10)
     hashdiff (1.1.1)
@@ -353,7 +351,6 @@ GEM
       net-smtp
     marcel (1.0.4)
     matrix (0.4.2)
-    method_source (1.1.0)
     mime-types (3.6.0)
       logger
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
@@ -397,14 +394,6 @@ GEM
       activerecord (>= 5.1)
       csv
       pg (>= 0.17)
-    pry (0.14.2)
-      coderay (~> 1.1)
-      method_source (~> 1.0)
-    pry-byebug (3.10.1)
-      byebug (~> 11.0)
-      pry (>= 0.13, < 0.15)
-    pry-rails (0.3.11)
-      pry (>= 0.13.0)
     psych (5.1.2)
       stringio
     public_suffix (6.0.1)
@@ -718,7 +707,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   flatpickr
   font-awesome-rails (~> 4.7)
   friendly_id (~> 5.1)
-  hairtrigger (~> 0.2.20)
+  hairtrigger (~> 1.2)
   i18n-country-translations (~> 1.0)
   i18n-js (~> 3.0)
   image_processing (~> 1.12)
@@ -738,9 +727,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   phony (~> 2.15)
   popper_js (~> 1.14)
   postgres-copy (~> 1.0)
-  pry (~> 0.13)
-  pry-byebug (~> 3.9)
-  pry-rails (~> 0.3)
   puma (~> 6.4)
   rack-attack (~> 6.3)
   rails (~> 7.1.0)
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 8ef380fe6a..39b54e84d5 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_11_29_192037) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2023_11_29_192037) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pgcrypto"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
diff --git a/docs/development-setup.md b/docs/development-setup.md
index 104decd7af..107eacf4e9 100644
--- a/docs/development-setup.md
+++ b/docs/development-setup.md
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Note to install the software below we recommend the following package managers:
     - In this case, be sure to increase the default slab page size. This is done by passing `-I 16m` to the `memcached` command.
     - When using Homebrew via `brew install memcached; brew services start memcached`, slab size can be configured at `/usr/local/Cellar/memcached/1.x.x/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist`
 1. PostgreSQL 10+
-    - Create empty databases for use by the app: `createdb nemo_development && createdb nemo_test`
 1. ImageMagick 6.7+
     - ImageMagick is used to resize uploaded images.
     - It should be available through any of the package managers listed above. If not it can be built from source.
@@ -115,11 +114,7 @@ git checkout develop
     1. TODO: Make this happen automatically during the previous step, maybe with Yarn workspaces.
 1. Run `cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml`.
 1. (Optional) Create a `.env.development.local` file and override any settings from `.env` as you see fit. Note that a valid Google Maps API key must be present for certain tests to pass.
-1. Setup the UUID postgres extension:
-    1. On Linux: `sudo -u postgres psql nemo_development -c 'CREATE EXTENSION "uuid-ossp"'`
-    1. On Mac with Homebrew: `psql nemo_development -c 'CREATE EXTENSION "uuid-ossp"'`
-1. Load the database schema: `bundle exec rake db:schema:load`.
-1. Seed the database: `bundle exec rake db:seed`.
+1. Load the database schema and seed the database: `bundle exec rake db:setup`.
 1. Pre-process the theme SCSS files: `bundle exec rake theme:preprocess`
 1. Create an admin account: `bundle exec rake db:create_admin`. You should receive a message like this: "Admin user created with username admin, password hTyWc9Q6" (The password is random, copy it and use on your first login).
 1. Optionally, you can create some fake data to get things rolling by running `bundle exec rake db:create_fake_data`.