diff --git a/.env.vagrant b/.env.vagrant
index 28c347c4..36fe6493 100644
--- a/.env.vagrant
+++ b/.env.vagrant
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 VAGRANT=true
 LOCAL_DOMAIN=gabsocial.local
 DB_HOST=/var/run/postgresql/
+DB_MASTER_URL=postgres:///gabsocial_development
+DB_SLAVE1_URL=postgres:///gabsocial_development
+DB_SLAVE2_URL=postgres:///gabsocial_development
+ELASTIC_APM_ENABLED=false
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6d3c4281..80b5e867 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ end
 group :test do
   gem 'capybara', '~> 3.22'
   gem 'climate_control', '~> 0.2'
-  gem 'faker', '~> 1.9'
   gem 'microformats', '~> 4.1'
   gem 'rails-controller-testing', '~> 1.0'
   gem 'rspec-sidekiq', '~> 3.0'
@@ -126,6 +125,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'better_errors', '~> 2.5'
   gem 'binding_of_caller', '~> 0.7'
   gem 'bullet', '~> 6.0'
+  gem 'faker', '~> 2.15'
   gem 'listen'
   gem 'letter_opener', '~> 1.7'
   gem 'letter_opener_web', '~> 1.3'
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'capistrano-yarn', '~> 2.0'
 
   gem 'derailed_benchmarks'
+  gem 'rack-mini-profiler'
   gem 'stackprof'
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 35b7fe0e..12f89d88 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ GEM
       tzinfo
     excon (0.78.1)
     fabrication (2.21.1)
-    faker (1.9.6)
-      i18n (>= 0.7)
+    faker (2.15.1)
+      i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
     faraday (1.3.0)
       faraday-net_http (~> 1.0)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ GEM
     httplog (1.4.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
       rainbow (>= 2.0.0)
-    i18n (1.8.7)
+    i18n (1.8.8)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     i18n-tasks (0.9.33)
       activesupport (>= 4.0.2)
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
     rack-cors (1.1.1)
       rack (>= 2.0.0)
+    rack-mini-profiler (2.3.1)
+      rack (>= 1.2.0)
     rack-proxy (0.6.5)
       rack
     rack-test (1.1.0)
@@ -701,7 +703,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.7)
   elastic-apm (~> 3.13)
   fabrication (~> 2.20)
-  faker (~> 1.9)
+  faker (~> 2.15)
   fast_blank (~> 1.0)
   fastimage
   fog-core (<= 2.1.0)
@@ -753,6 +755,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pundit (~> 2.0)
   rack-attack (~> 6.0)
   rack-cors (~> 1.0)
+  rack-mini-profiler
   rails (= 6.0.3.4)
   rails-controller-testing (~> 1.0)
   rails-i18n (~> 6.0.0)
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 4ca75ecf..11cddd77 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ sudo apt-get install \
   libpam0g-dev \
   -y
 
-# Start Redis Server
-sudo service redis-server start
+# Start Redis Server on boot (and right now)
+sudo systemctl enable --now redis-server
 
 # Install rvm
 read RUBY_VERSION < .ruby-version
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 8c483cd3..03878e8d 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -4,26 +4,20 @@ default: &default
   timeout: 5000
   encoding: unicode
   sslmode: <%= ENV['DB_SSLMODE'] || "prefer" %>
+  prepared_statements: <%= ENV['PREPARED_STATEMENTS'] || 'false' %>
 
 development:
   master:
-    adapter: postgresql
+    <<: *default
     url: <%= ENV['DB_MASTER_URL'] %>
-    pool: <%= ENV['DB_POOL'] %>
-    timeout: 5000
-    encoding: unicode
   slave1:
-    adapter: postgresql
+    <<: *default
     url: <%= ENV['DB_SLAVE1_URL'] %>
-    pool: <%= ENV['DB_POOL'] %>
-    timeout: 5000
-    encoding: unicode
+    replica: true
   slave2:
-    adapter: postgresql
+    <<: *default
     url: <%= ENV['DB_SLAVE2_URL'] %>
-    pool: <%= ENV['DB_POOL'] %>
-    timeout: 5000
-    encoding: unicode
+    replica: true
 
 # Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
 # re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
@@ -46,27 +40,13 @@ test:
 #  prepared_statements: <%= ENV['PREPARED_STATEMENTS'] || 'true' %>
 production:
   master:
-    adapter: postgresql
-    sslmode: <%= ENV['DB_SSLMODE'] || "prefer" %>
-    prepared_statements: <%= ENV['PREPARED_STATEMENTS'] || 'false' %>
+    <<: *default
     url: <%= ENV['DB_MASTER_URL'] %>
-    pool: <%= ENV['DB_POOL'] %>
-    timeout: 5000
-    encoding: unicode
   slave1:
-    adapter: postgresql
-    sslmode: <%= ENV['DB_SSLMODE'] || "prefer" %>
-    prepared_statements: <%= ENV['PREPARED_STATEMENTS'] || 'false' %>
+    <<: *default
     url: <%= ENV['DB_SLAVE1_URL'] %>
-    pool: <%= ENV['DB_POOL'] %>
-    timeout: 5000
-    encoding: unicode
+    replica: true
   slave2:
-    adapter: postgresql
-    sslmode: <%= ENV['DB_SSLMODE'] || "prefer" %>
-    prepared_statements: <%= ENV['PREPARED_STATEMENTS'] || 'false' %>
+    <<: *default
     url: <%= ENV['DB_SLAVE1_URL'] %>
-    pool: <%= ENV['DB_POOL'] %>
-    timeout: 5000
-    encoding: unicode
-
+    replica: true
diff --git a/config/elastic_apm.yml b/config/elastic_apm.yml
index 1a35ed53..d359457b 100644
--- a/config/elastic_apm.yml
+++ b/config/elastic_apm.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 # Set service name - allowed characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _ and space
 # Defaults to the name of your Rails app
-service_name: <%= ENV['ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME'] || 'gabsocial' %> 
+service_name: <%= ENV['ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME'] || 'gabsocial' %>
 
 # Use if APM Server requires a token
-secret_token: <%= ENV['ELASTIC_APM_SECRET_TOKEN'] || '' %> 
+secret_token: <%= ENV['ELASTIC_APM_SECRET_TOKEN'] || '' %>
 
 # Set custom APM Server URL (default: http://localhost:8200)
-server_url:  <%= ENV['ELASTIC_APM_URL'] || 'http://localhost:8200'%> 
+server_url:  <%= ENV['ELASTIC_APM_URL'] || 'http://localhost:8200'%>
+
+enabled: <%= ENV['ELASTIC_APM_ENABLED'] || 'true' %>
diff --git a/lib/tasks/dummy_data.rake b/lib/tasks/dummy_data.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41b5911d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/dummy_data.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+desc 'Import dummy data into the database, to create a more realistic development experience'
+task dummy_data: :environment do
+  raise 'Only run this in development' unless Rails.env.development?
+
+  domain = ENV['LOCAL_DOMAIN'] || Rails.configuration.x.local_domain
+
+  admin = Account.find_by!(username: 'admin')
+
+  accounts = 1.upto(1_000).map do |num|
+    username = "#{Faker::Internet.username(separators: %w[_])}#{num}"
+    password = Faker::Internet.password
+
+    Account.create!(username: username).tap do |account|
+      account.create_user!({
+        email: "#{username}@#{domain}",
+        password: password,
+        password_confirmation: password,
+        agreement: true,
+        approved: true
+      })
+    end
+  end
+
+  accounts.each do |acct|
+    FollowService.new.call(admin, acct)
+  end
+
+  statuses = (accounts + [admin]).map do |account|
+    PostStatusService.new.call(account, text: Faker::Lorem.paragraph(sentence_count: 20))
+  end
+
+  accounts.sample(200).zip(statuses.sample(200)).each do |account, status|
+    ReblogService.new.call(account, status)
+  end
+end