changes?

docs/architecture/decisions.md

@@ -100,13 +100,11 @@ Use Docker with Docker Compose for local development and production deployment,
 ### Reasoning
 - Docker ensures the application runs identically regardless of the host machine, reducing "works on my machine" issues during handoff.
 - Docker is an easier way of getting the full stack operational on a new contributors machine compared to making them do multiple different installs.
-- Docker Compose is simple enough for a non-specialist maintainer to understand and operate.
 - Separate override files (`compose.dev.yaml`, `compose.prod.yaml`, `compose.test.yaml`) allow environment-specific configuration without duplicating the base service definitions.
 - A VPS with Docker is significantly cheaper than a managed hosting service while providing more control.
 
 ### Consequences
-- New maintainers need minimal Docker literacy, but this is a reasonable baseline expectation.
+- The Makefile wraps common Docker Compose commands to reduce increase ease-of-use.
-- The Makefile wraps common Docker Compose commands to reduce the surface area a maintainer needs to know day-to-day.
 - Data persistence is handled via named Docker volumes.
 
 ---
@@ -149,6 +147,7 @@ Use PEP8 as the style guide with enforced type hinting. Enforced using 'ruff' an
 ### Consequences
 Linting checks have to integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
 'Contributing.md' needs to be created to make it clear how to contribute.
+Linting tools will have to installed.
 
 ---
 

src/website/settings.py

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "django.contrib.admindocs",
-    "django_browser_reload",
-    "django_watchfiles",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -53,9 +51,13 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
-    "django_browser_reload.middleware.BrowserReloadMiddleware",
 ]
 
+if os.getenv("DJANGO_RELOAD", "False") == "True":
+    INSTALLED_APPS.append("django_browser_reload")
+    INSTALLED_APPS.append("django_watchfiles")
+    MIDDLEWARE.append("django_browser_reload.middleware.BrowserReloadMiddleware")
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = "website.urls"
 
 TEMPLATES = [

src/website/urls.py

@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ Including another URLconf
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 
+import os
+
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import path, include
+from django.urls import include, path
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("polls/", include("polls.urls")),
     path("admin/doc/", include("django.contrib.admindocs.urls")),
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
-    path("__reload__/", include("django_browser_reload.urls")),
 ]
+
+if os.getenv("DJANGO_RELOAD", "False") == "True":
+    urlpatterns.append(path("__reload__/", include("django_browser_reload.urls")))