diff --git a/.devcontainer/README.md b/.devcontainer/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1169668ec4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# Cloud Controller Development Environment
+
+This document outlines how to set up and use the development environment for the Cloud Controller.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+1. **Prerequisites**: Ensure you have Docker and Visual Studio Code with the "Remote - Containers" extension installed.
+2. **Launch the Environment**:
+    * Open the `cloud_controller_ng` project folder in VS Code.
+    * When prompted, click **"Reopen in Container"**. This will build the Docker images and start the development container. Also you can use the command palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P` or `Cmd+Shift+P` on macOS) and select **"Dev Containers: Reopen in Container"** or go to the remote explorer and select **"Reopen in Container"**.
+    * The initial build may take some time as it installs all dependencies.
+
+## Interacting with the Environment
+
+Once the container is running, the startup script (`.devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_start.sh`) will automatically:
+
+* Set up and seed the PostgreSQL and MariaDB databases.
+* Configure the Cloud Controller application.
+* Start all necessary services (UAA, Minio, Nginx, etc.).
+
+## VS Code Launch Configurations
+
+The `.vscode/launch.json` file contains several configurations for running and debugging different components of the Cloud Controller. You can access these from the "Run and Debug" panel in VS Code.
+
+### Main Application
+
+* **`[Postgres] CloudController`**: Runs the main Cloud Controller API using PostgreSQL as the database.
+* **`[Mariadb] CloudController`**: Runs the main Cloud Controller API using MariaDB as the database.
+
+> Note only one can be run at a time. Ensure the other is stopped before starting a new one.
+
+### Workers & Scheduler
+
+* **`[Postgres/Mariadb] CC Worker`**: Starts the generic background job worker against the respective database.
+* **`[Postgres/Mariadb] CC Local Worker`**: Starts the local background job worker against the respective database.
+* **`[Postgres/Mariadb] CC Scheduler`**: Starts the clock process for scheduling recurring tasks against the respective database.
+
+> Note only one can be run at a time either against Postgres or Mysql. Ensure the other is stopped before starting a new one.
+
+### Testing
+
+* **`[Postgres/Mariadb] Unittests`**: Runs the complete RSpec test suite against the specified database.
+
+### Cloud Foundry CLI
+
+The environment comes pre-installed with the `cf8-cli` and `uaac`. You can interact with the local Cloud Foundry deployment from the VS Code terminal.
+
+**API Endpoint**: `http://localhost:80`
+
+**Admin Credentials**:
+
+* **Username**: `ccadmin`
+* **Password**: `secret`
+
+**Example Login Workflow**:
+
+1. **Target the API**:
+
+    ```bash
+    cf api http://localhost:80 --skip-ssl-validation
+    ```
+
+2. **Log In**:
+
+    ```bash
+    cf auth ccadmin secret
+    ```
+
+### PostgreSQL and MariaDB Access
+
+You can connect directly to the databases running in the environment from the VS Code terminal.
+
+#### PostgreSQL
+
+* **Host**: `localhost`
+* **Port**: `5432`
+* **User**: `postgres`
+* **Password**: `supersecret`
+
+**Example Connection**:
+
+```bash
+PGPASSWORD=supersecret psql -h localhost -U postgres -d ccdb
+```
+
+#### MariaDB (MySQL)
+
+* **Host**: `127.0.0.1`
+* **Port**: `3306`
+* **User**: `root`
+* **Password**: `supersecret`
+
+**Example Connection**:
+
+```bash
+mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -psupersecret ccdb
+```
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 4fbbe631148..01df7627c67 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
         "nginx"
     ],
     "workspaceFolder": "/workspace",
-    "initializeCommand": ".devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_init.sh",
-    "onCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_start.sh",
+    "onCreateCommand": "bash .devcontainer/scripts/startup.sh",
     "customizations": {
         // Configure properties specific to VS Code.
         "vscode": {
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.override.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.override.yml
index a9d2ab587a9..5d718b2ba7f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.3"
 services:
 
   # Dev Container
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ services:
       context: ./
       dockerfile: .devcontainer/images/devcontainer/Dockerfile
     restart: unless-stopped
-    command: /bin/sh -c "while sleep 1000; do :; done"
     volumes:
       - .:/workspace:cached
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
@@ -17,3 +15,4 @@ services:
       - SYS_PTRACE
     security_opt:
       - seccomp:unconfined
+    privileged: true
diff --git a/.devcontainer/images/bbs/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/images/bbs/Dockerfile
index 41ff1964f07..13116d64edb 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/images/bbs/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/images/bbs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM golang:1
 
-RUN apt update && apt install -y jq && git clone --recurse-submodules -b $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/cloudfoundry/diego-release/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name') https://github.com/cloudfoundry/diego-release && cd ./diego-release/src/code.cloudfoundry.org && \
+RUN apt update && git clone --recurse-submodules -b v2.118.0 https://github.com/cloudfoundry/diego-release && cd ./diego-release/src/code.cloudfoundry.org && \
     CG_ENABLED=0 go install code.cloudfoundry.org/locket/cmd/locket && \
     CG_ENABLED=0 go install code.cloudfoundry.org/bbs/cmd/bbs
 VOLUME /bbs
diff --git a/.devcontainer/images/devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/images/devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 13c83c04fae..00b9c6dbf20 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/images/devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/images/devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,129 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/ruby:3.2
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-24.04
+
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+# Set environment variables for Ruby development
+ENV BUNDLE_PATH=/home/vscode/.bundle
+ENV GEM_HOME=/home/vscode/.gem
+ENV GEM_PATH=/home/vscode/.gem
+ENV RAILS_ENV=development
+ENV RACK_ENV=development
+
+# Install system dependencies for Ruby development
+RUN wget -q -O - https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian/cli.cloudfoundry.org.key | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/cli.cloudfoundry.org.gpg && \
+    echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cli.cloudfoundry.org.gpg] https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudfoundry-cli.list && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+    # CF CLI
+    cf8-cli \
+    # Build tools
+    build-essential \
+    autoconf \
+    bison \
+    patch \
+    # Ruby dependencies
+    libssl-dev \
+    libreadline-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libncurses5-dev \
+    libffi-dev \
+    libgdbm-dev \
+    libyaml-dev \
+    libsqlite3-dev \
+    sqlite3 \
+    libgmp-dev \
+    libgdbm6 \
+    libdb-dev \
+    uuid-dev \
+    # Database clients
+    postgresql-client \
+    postgresql-client-common \
+    mysql-client \
+    redis-tools \
+    # Database development headers
+    libpq-dev \
+    default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+    # Development tools
+    curl \
+    wget \
+    git \
+    vim \
+    nano \
+    htop \
+    tree \
+    jq \
+    unzip \
+    zip \
+    # Network tools
+    netcat-openbsd \
+    # XML/HTML processing
+    libxml2-dev \
+    libxslt1-dev \
+    # GPG for RVM
+    gnupg2 \
+    # Additional utilities
+    tmux \
+    screen \
+    less \
+    man-db \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install yq v4 for the correct architecture
+RUN YQ_ARCH=$(uname -m) && \
+    case $YQ_ARCH in \
+    x86_64) YQ_ARCH="amd64";; \
+    aarch64) YQ_ARCH="arm64";; \
+    esac && \
+    wget "https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.47.1/yq_linux_${YQ_ARCH}" -O /usr/local/bin/yq && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yq
+
 
-COPY --from=docker:dind /usr/local/bin/docker /usr/local/bin/
-COPY .devcontainer/images/devcontainer/setup.sh /tmp/setup.sh
-COPY .ruby-version /tmp/.ruby-version
 USER vscode
-RUN /tmp/setup.sh && sudo rm /tmp/setup.sh /tmp/.ruby-version
+
+# Create necessary directories and set permissions
+RUN mkdir -p $BUNDLE_PATH $GEM_HOME && chown -R vscode:vscode $BUNDLE_PATH $GEM_HOME
+
+# Install GPG keys for RVM
+RUN gpg2 --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
+
+# Install RVM
+RUN curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --path /home/vscode/.rvm
+
+# Copy Ruby version file for reference
+COPY .ruby-version /tmp/ruby-version
+
+# Install Ruby using RVM with binary packages when available, fallback to parallel source compilation
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "source /home/vscode/.rvm/scripts/rvm && \
+    export rvm_make_opts=\"-j$(nproc)\" && \
+    export RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS=\"--disable-install-doc\" && \
+    rvm install $(cat /tmp/ruby-version) && \
+    rvm use $(cat /tmp/ruby-version) --default && \
+    gem install bundler"
+
+# Configure Bundler and install cf-uaac as vscode user
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "source /home/vscode/.rvm/scripts/rvm && \
+    bundle config set --global path \"$BUNDLE_PATH\" && \
+    bundle config set --global jobs $(nproc) && \
+    bundle config set --global specific_platform true && \
+    gem install cf-uaac"
+
+# Configure Git
+RUN git config --global core.fileMode false
+
+# Source RVM and configure shell
+RUN echo 'export BUNDLE_PATH="$BUNDLE_PATH"' >> /home/vscode/.bashrc \
+    && echo 'export GEM_HOME="$GEM_HOME"' >> /home/vscode/.bashrc \
+    && echo 'export GEM_PATH="$GEM_PATH"' >> /home/vscode/.bashrc \
+    && echo 'source /home/vscode/.rvm/scripts/rvm' >> /home/vscode/.bashrc 
+
+# Configure Git (useful defaults)
+RUN git config --global init.defaultBranch main \
+    && git config --global pull.rebase false \
+    && git config --global core.autocrlf input
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /workspace
+USER root
+# Sleep forever to keep the container running
+CMD ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]
diff --git a/.devcontainer/images/devcontainer/setup.sh b/.devcontainer/images/devcontainer/setup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 64ac33c39ba..00000000000
--- a/.devcontainer/images/devcontainer/setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -Eeuo pipefail
-# shellcheck disable=SC2064
-trap "pkill -P $$" EXIT
-
-setupAptPackages () {
-  # CF CLI is not available for aarch64 :(
-  if [[ $(uname -m) == aarch64 ]]; then
-    PACKAGES="postgresql-client postgresql-client-common mariadb-client ruby-dev"
-  else
-    PACKAGES="cf8-cli postgresql-client postgresql-client-common mariadb-client ruby-dev"
-  fi
-
-  wget -q -O - https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian/cli.cloudfoundry.org.key | sudo apt-key add -
-  echo "deb https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudfoundry-cli.list
-  sudo apt-get update
-  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" && echo 'debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive' | sudo debconf-set-selections
-  sudo apt-get install -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" $PACKAGES -y
-}
-
-setupRuby () {
-  rbenv install $(cat /tmp/.ruby-version)
-  rbenv global $(cat /tmp/.ruby-version)
-}
-
-setupRubyGems () {
-  gem install cf-uaac
-}
-
-setupCredhubCli () {
-  set -x
-  wget "$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/cloudfoundry/credhub-cli/releases/latest |
-  jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name|match("credhub-linux.*")) | .browser_download_url')" -O /tmp/credhub.tar.gz
-  cd /tmp
-  sudo tar -xzf /tmp/credhub.tar.gz && sudo rm -f /tmp/credhub.tar.gz && sudo mv /tmp/credhub /usr/bin
-}
-
-setupYqCli () {
-  sudo wget "$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest |
-  jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name|match("linux_amd64$")) | .browser_download_url')" -O /usr/bin/yq
-  sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
-}
-
-echo """
-export COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
-export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
-""" > ~/.bashrc
-
-setupAptPackages
-setupRuby
-setupRubyGems
-setupCredhubCli
-setupYqCli
-
-# Setup User Permissions
-sudo groupadd docker
-sudo usermod -aG docker "vscode"
-
-trap "" EXIT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_init.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_init.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c9aa8f38683..00000000000
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_init.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -Eeuxo pipefail
-set -o allexport
-# shellcheck disable=SC2064
-trap "pkill -P $$" EXIT
-
-# Setup volume mounts
-mkdir -p tmp
-
-# Speed up docker builds by prebuilding with buildx
-docker-compose pull || tee tmp/fail &
-docker buildx bake -f docker-compose.yml -f .devcontainer/docker-compose.override.yml || tee tmp/fail &
-
-wait $(jobs -p)
-test -f tmp/fail && rm tmp/fail && exit 1
-
-trap "" EXIT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_start.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_start.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6934883c137..00000000000
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/codespaces_start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -Eeuxo pipefail
-# shellcheck disable=SC2064
-trap "pkill -P $$" EXIT
-
-# Setup IDEs
-./.devcontainer/scripts/setupIDEs.sh
-
-# Setup DBs and CC Config File
-./.devcontainer/scripts/setupDevelopmentEnvironment.sh
-
-trap "" EXIT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/setupIDEs.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/setupIDEs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 19b9a2391b8..00000000000
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/setupIDEs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -Eeuo pipefail
-# shellcheck disable=SC2064
-trap "pkill -P $$" EXIT
-
-# Setup IDEs
-cp -a -f .devcontainer/configs/vscode/.vscode .
-cp -a -f .devcontainer/configs/intellij/.idea .
-
-trap "" EXIT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/setupDevelopmentEnvironment.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/startup.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 78%
rename from .devcontainer/scripts/setupDevelopmentEnvironment.sh
rename to .devcontainer/scripts/startup.sh
index d4522b8ec5e..def264b1606
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/setupDevelopmentEnvironment.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/scripts/startup.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -Eeuo pipefail
-# shellcheck disable=SC2064
-trap "pkill -P $$" EXIT
+set -Eeuxo pipefail
+
+# Setup IDEs
+cp -a -f .devcontainer/configs/vscode/.vscode .
+cp -a -f .devcontainer/configs/intellij/.idea .
 
 # Database Information
 POSTGRES_CONNECTION_PREFIX="postgres://postgres:supersecret@localhost:5432"
@@ -10,39 +12,49 @@ MYSQL_CONNECTION_PREFIX="mysql2://root:supersecret@127.0.0.1:3306"
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 
 setupPostgres () {
-    export DB="postgres"
+    echo "Waiting for postgres..."
+    while ! pg_isready -h localhost -p 5432 -q -U postgres; do
+      sleep 1
+    done
+    echo "Postgres is up."
+
     # Parallel Test DBs
-    export POSTGRES_CONNECTION_PREFIX
-    bundle exec rake db:pick db:parallel:recreate
+    export PARALLEL_TEST_PROCESSORS=`ruby -e 'require "etc"; puts (Etc.nprocessors * (ENV["PARALLEL_TEST_PROCESSORS_MULTIPLE"] || 0.8).to_f).ceil'`
+    DB="postgres" POSTGRES_CONNECTION_PREFIX="postgres://postgres:supersecret@localhost:5432" bundle exec rake db:pick db:parallel:recreate
     # Sequential Test DBs
     export PGPASSWORD=supersecret
     psql -U postgres -h localhost -tc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'cc_test'" | grep -q 1 || psql -U postgres -h localhost -c "CREATE DATABASE cc_test"
     psql -U postgres -h localhost -tc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'diego'" | grep -q 1 || psql -U postgres -h localhost -c "CREATE DATABASE diego"
     psql -U postgres -h localhost -tc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'locket'" | grep -q 1 || psql -U postgres -h localhost -c "CREATE DATABASE locket"
     # Main DB
-    export DB_CONNECTION_STRING="${POSTGRES_CONNECTION_PREFIX}/ccdb"
-    bundle exec rake db:recreate db:migrate db:seed
+    DB="postgres" DB_CONNECTION_STRING="postgres://postgres:supersecret@localhost:5432/ccdb" bundle exec rake db:recreate db:migrate db:seed
 }
 
 setupMariadb () {
-    export DB="mysql"
+    echo "Waiting for mysql..."
+    while ! mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -psupersecret --silent; do
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    echo "MySQL is up."
+
     # Parallel Test DBs
-    export MYSQL_CONNECTION_PREFIX
-    bundle exec rake db:pick db:parallel:recreate
+    export PARALLEL_TEST_PROCESSORS=`ruby -e 'require "etc"; puts (Etc.nprocessors * (ENV["PARALLEL_TEST_PROCESSORS_MULTIPLE"] || 0.8).to_f).ceil'`
+    DB="mysql" MYSQL_CONNECTION_PREFIX="mysql2://root:supersecret@127.0.0.1:3306" bundle exec rake db:pick db:parallel:recreate
     # Sequential Test DBs
     mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -psupersecret -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS cc_test; CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS diego; CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS locket;"
     # Main DB
-    export DB_CONNECTION_STRING="${MYSQL_CONNECTION_PREFIX}/ccdb"
-    bundle exec rake db:recreate db:migrate db:seed
+    DB="mysql" DB_CONNECTION_STRING="mysql2://root:supersecret@127.0.0.1:3306/ccdb" bundle exec rake db:recreate db:migrate db:seed
 }
 
 # Install packages
 bundle config set --local with 'debug'
-bundle install
+bundle install -j"$(nproc)"
 
 # Setup Containers
-setupPostgres || tee tmp/fail &
-setupMariadb || tee tmp/fail &
+setupPostgres &
+POSTGRES_PID=$!
+setupMariadb &
+MARIADB_PID=$!
 
 # CC config
 mkdir -p tmp
@@ -107,9 +119,5 @@ yq -i e '.diego.bbs.ca_file="spec/fixtures/certs/bbs_ca.crt"' tmp/cloud_controll
 
 yq -i e '.packages.max_package_size=2147483648' tmp/cloud_controller.yml
 
-# Wait for background jobs and exit 1 if any error happened
-# shellcheck disable=SC2046
-wait $(jobs -p)
-test -f tmp/fail && rm tmp/fail && exit 1
-
-trap "" EXIT
\ No newline at end of file
+wait $POSTGRES_PID
+wait $MARIADB_PID
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index ba493331473..046b5b91b66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -54,12 +54,24 @@ jobs:
           --health-interval 10s
           --health-timeout 5s
           --health-retries 5
+          --tmpfs /var/lib/postgresql/data
+          --shm-size=256m
         ports:
           - 5432:5432
     steps:
     - uses: hmarr/debug-action@v3
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite/setup
+    - name: Configure PostgreSQL for performance
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-client
+        PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET fsync = off;"
+        PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET synchronous_commit = off;"
+        PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET full_page_writes = off;"
+        PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9;"
+        PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET wal_buffers = '16MB';"
+        PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_buffers = '256MB';"
+        PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"
     - name: Run tests
       run: DB=postgres POSTGRES_CONNECTION_PREFIX="postgres://postgres:rootpassword@localhost:5432" bundle exec rake spec
     - uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@v2
@@ -83,13 +95,24 @@ jobs:
         env:
           MYSQL_DATABASE: cc_test
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
-        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping"
+          --health-interval=10s
+          --health-timeout=5s
+          --health-retries=3
+          --tmpfs /var/lib/mysql
+          --tmpfs /tmp
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
     steps:
     - uses: hmarr/debug-action@v3
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite/setup
+    - name: Configure MySQL for performance
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y mysql-client
+        mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -ppassword -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 0;"
+        mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -ppassword -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_buffer_pool_size = 268435456;" 
     - name: Run tests
       run: DB=mysql MYSQL_CONNECTION_PREFIX="mysql2://root:password@127.0.0.1:3306" bundle exec rake spec
     - uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@v2
@@ -98,4 +121,4 @@ jobs:
         status: ${{ job.status }}
         notify_when: 'failure' # default is 'success,failure,warnings'
       env:
-        SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }} # required
\ No newline at end of file
+        SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }} # required
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests_backwards_compatibility.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests_backwards_compatibility.yml
index 61840c56837..1083443a725 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests_backwards_compatibility.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests_backwards_compatibility.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-    description: "This action tests backwards compatibility when db migrations are introduced. It tests database schema at new code(old_cc_ref) with unittests running old code(new_cc_ref) "
     inputs:
       old_cc_ref:
         description: 'Old Version of CC_NG that the backwards compatibility should be checked against'
@@ -44,6 +43,8 @@ jobs:
           --health-interval 10s
           --health-timeout 5s
           --health-retries 5
+          --tmpfs /var/lib/postgresql/data
+          --shm-size=256m
         ports:
           - 5432:5432
     steps:
@@ -63,6 +64,16 @@ jobs:
             )}}
       - name: Setup Environment
         uses: ./.github/workflows/composite/setup
+      - name: Configure PostgreSQL for performance
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-client
+          PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET fsync = off;"
+          PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET synchronous_commit = off;"
+          PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET full_page_writes = off;"
+          PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9;"
+          PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET wal_buffers = '16MB';"
+          PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_buffers = '256MB';"
+          PGPASSWORD=rootpassword psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"
       - name: Migrate Database
         run: DB=postgres POSTGRES_CONNECTION_PREFIX="postgres://postgres:rootpassword@localhost:5432" bundle exec rake db:parallel:recreate db:parallel:migrate
       - name: Checkout code to run the unit tests with
@@ -92,7 +103,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           MYSQL_DATABASE: cc_test
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
-        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping"
+          --health-interval=10s
+          --health-timeout=5s
+          --health-retries=3
+          --tmpfs /var/lib/mysql
+          --tmpfs /tmp
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
     steps:
@@ -112,6 +129,11 @@ jobs:
             )}}
       - name: Setup Environment
         uses: ./.github/workflows/composite/setup
+      - name: Configure MySQL for performance
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y mysql-client
+          mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -ppassword -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 0;"
+          mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -ppassword -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_buffer_pool_size = 268435456;"
       - name: Migrate Database
         run: DB=mysql MYSQL_CONNECTION_PREFIX="mysql2://root:password@127.0.0.1:3306" bundle exec rake db:parallel:recreate db:parallel:migrate
       - name: Checkout code to run the unit tests with
@@ -125,4 +147,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Environment
         uses: ./.github/workflows/composite/setup
       - name: Run tests
-        run: DB=mysql MYSQL_CONNECTION_PREFIX="mysql2://root:password@127.0.0.1:3306" bundle exec rake spec:without_migrate
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: DB=mysql MYSQL_CONNECTION_PREFIX="mysql2://root:password@127.0.0.1:3306" bundle exec rake spec:without_migrate
diff --git a/devenv.sh b/devenv.sh
index c9ea501bcb5..6a7d17af681 100755
--- a/devenv.sh
+++ b/devenv.sh
@@ -18,27 +18,27 @@ help_command() {
 
 # Create a clean development environment
 create_command(){
-  docker-compose -p "" down
+  docker compose -p "" down
   docker buildx bake -f docker-compose.yml &
-  docker-compose -p "" pull &
+  docker compose -p "" pull &
   wait $(jobs -p)
-  docker-compose -p "" up -d --build
-  ./.devcontainer/scripts/setupDevelopmentEnvironment.sh
+  docker compose -p "" up -d --build
+  ./.devcontainer/scripts/startup.sh
 }
 
 # Start containers
 start_command(){
-  docker-compose -p "" start
+  docker compose -p "" start
 }
 
 # Stop containers
 stop_command(){
-  docker-compose -p "" stop
+  docker compose -p "" stop
 }
 
 # Remove containers
 destroy_command(){
-  docker-compose -p "" down
+  docker compose -p "" down
 }
 
 # Call Setup IDEs Script
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fi
 # Check Prerequisites
 export should_exit=0
 # Check Path Exists
-for p in docker docker-compose ruby bundle mysql psql yq; do
+for p in docker ruby bundle mysql psql yq; do
     if ! command -v "${p}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       echo "Error: Dependency \"$p\" is not installed" && export should_exit=1
     fi
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3e13466f356..5c41b980614 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.3"
 services:
 
   # Postgres
@@ -7,10 +6,27 @@ services:
     image: postgres:16-alpine
     environment:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: supersecret
-    command: # logs every statement sent to the server. Slow, but helpful. Fills up disk Quickly !
+    command:
       - "postgres"
       - "-c"
+      - "fsync=off"
+      - "-c"
+      - "synchronous_commit=off"
+      - "-c"
+      - "full_page_writes=off"
+      - "-c"
       - "log_statement=all"
+      - "-c"
+      - "checkpoint_segments=32"
+      - "-c"
+      - "checkpoint_completion_target=0.9"
+      - "-c"
+      - "wal_buffers=16MB"
+      - "-c"
+      - "shared_buffers=256MB"
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/postgresql/data
+    shm_size: 256m
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:5432:5432"
     networks:
@@ -28,6 +44,18 @@ services:
     image: mysql:8.2
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret
+    command:
+      - "--innodb-flush-method=nosync"
+      - "--innodb-flush-log-at-trx-commit=0"
+      - "--innodb-doublewrite=0"
+      - "--innodb-buffer-pool-size=256M"
+      - "--innodb-log-buffer-size=16M"
+      - "--innodb-log-file-size=64M"
+      - "--skip-innodb-checksums"
+      - "--skip-sync-frm"
+    tmpfs:
+      - /var/lib/mysql
+      - /tmp
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:3306:3306"
     healthcheck:
@@ -100,13 +128,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       MC_HOST_custom: http://localhost:9001
     healthcheck:
-      test:
-        [
-          "CMD",
-          "mc",
-          "ready",
-          "custom"
-        ]
+      test: [ "CMD", "mc", "ready", "custom" ]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 20s
       retries: 3
@@ -124,13 +146,7 @@ services:
       - "127.0.0.1:9292:9292"
       - "127.0.0.1:9393:80"
     healthcheck:
-      test:
-        [
-          "CMD",
-          "curl",
-          "-f",
-          "http://localhost:9292/v2/catalog"
-        ]
+      test: [ "CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:9292/v2/catalog" ]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 20s
       retries: 3
@@ -152,12 +168,10 @@ services:
       - cc-net
     volumes:
       - .devcontainer/images/nginx/conf:/usr/local/nginx/conf:ro
-      - ./tmp:/tmp
     cap_add:
       - NET_BIND_SERVICE
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     restart: unless-stopped
-
 networks:
   cc-net:
diff --git a/lib/tasks/spec.rake b/lib/tasks/spec.rake
index 06b8e5923c3..16426c2908a 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/spec.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/spec.rake
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ desc 'Runs all specs'
 task spec: 'spec:all'
 
 namespace :spec do
-  task all: ['db:pick', 'db:parallel:recreate'] do
+  task all: ['db:pick'] do
+    ENV['PARALLEL_TEST_PROCESSORS'] = (Etc.nprocessors * (ENV['PARALLEL_TEST_PROCESSORS_MULTIPLE'] || 0.8).to_f).ceil.to_s
+    Rake::Task['db:parallel:recreate'].invoke
     if ARGV[1]
       run_specs(ARGV[1])
     else
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ namespace :spec do
   def run_specs_parallel(path, env_vars='')
     command = <<~CMD
       #{env_vars} bundle exec parallel_rspec \
+      -n `ruby -e 'require "etc"; puts (Etc.nprocessors * (ENV["PARALLEL_TEST_PROCESSORS_MULTIPLE"] || 0.8).to_f).ceil'` \
       --test-options '--order rand' \
       --single spec/integration/ \
       --single spec/acceptance/ \