diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml
index f18a05c..13f8cfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml
@@ -23,5 +23,64 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-push-dev-image:
-    uses: helxplatform/helx-github-actions/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
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+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    
+    - name: Checkout Code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} 
+        # fetch-depth: 0 means, get all branches and commits
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Set short git commit SHA
+      id: vars
+      run: |
+        echo "short_sha=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    # https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/
+
+    - name: Confirm git commit SHA output
+      run: echo ${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
+
+    # Docker Buildx is important to caching in the Build And Push Container
+    # step
+    # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/build-and-push-docker-images
+
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      with:
+        driver-opts: |
+          network=host
+
+    - name: Login to DockerHub
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        logout: true
+
+    - name: Login to Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: containers.renci.org
+        username: ${{ secrets.CONTAINERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.CONTAINERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        logout: true
+
+
+    # Notes on Cache: 
+    # https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/examples/#inline-cache
+    - name: Build Push Container
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      with:
+        context: .
+        push: true
+        # Push to renci-registry and dockerhub here.
+        # cache comes from dockerhub.
+        tags: |
+          ${{ github.repository }}:develop
+          ${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
+          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:develop
+          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
+        cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache-dev
+        cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache-dev,mode=max
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml
index 942221a..07b22d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml
@@ -21,5 +21,111 @@ on:
       - '*'
 jobs:
   build-push-release:
-    uses: helxplatform/helx-github-actions/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
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+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} 
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Set short git commit SHA
+      id: vars
+      run: |
+        echo "short_sha=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    # https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/
+
+    - name: Confirm git commit SHA output
+      run: echo ${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
+
+    # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/git-semantic-version
+    - name: Semver Check
+      uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.0.3
+      id: version
+      with:
+        # The prefix to use to identify tags
+        tag_prefix: "v"
+        # A string which, if present in a git commit, indicates that a change represents a
+        # major (breaking) change, supports regular expressions wrapped with '/'
+        major_pattern: "/breaking:|major:/"
+        # A string which indicates the flags used by the `major_pattern` regular expression. Supported flags: idgs
+        major_regexp_flags: "ig"
+        # Same as above except indicating a minor change, supports regular expressions wrapped with '/'
+        minor_pattern: "/feat:|feature:|minor:/"
+        # A string which indicates the flags used by the `minor_pattern` regular expression. Supported flags: idgs
+        minor_regexp_flags: "ig"
+        # A string to determine the format of the version output
+        # version_format: "${major}.${minor}.${patch}-prerelease${increment}"
+        version_format: "${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
+        search_commit_body: false
+
+    # Docker Buildx is important to caching in the Build And Push Container
+    # step
+    # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/build-and-push-docker-images
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      with:
+        driver-opts: |
+          network=host
+
+    - name: Login to DockerHub
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        logout: true
+
+    - name: Login to Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: containers.renci.org
+        username: ${{ secrets.CONTAINERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.CONTAINERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        logout: true
+
+    # Notes on Cache: 
+    # https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/examples/#inline-cache
+    - name: Build Push Container
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      with:
+        push: true
+        # Push to renci-registry and dockerhub here.
+        # cache comes from dockerhub.
+        tags: |
+          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:latest
+          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
+          ${{ github.repository }}:v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          ${{ github.repository }}:latest
+          ${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
+        cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache-release
+        cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache-release,mode=max
+
+#==========================TAG & RELEASE W/ NOTES =========================
+
+    # Note: GITHUB_TOKEN is autogenerated feature of github app
+    # which is auto-enabled when using github actions.
+    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication
+    # https://docs.github.com/en/rest/git/tags?apiVersion=2022-11-28#create-a-tag-object
+    # https://docs.github.com/en/rest/git/refs?apiVersion=2022-11-28#create-a-reference
+    # This creates a "lightweight" ref tag.
+    - name: Create Tag for Release
+      run: |
+        curl \
+        -s --fail -X POST \
+        -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+        -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+        -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+        https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/refs \
+        -d '{"ref":"refs/tags/v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}","sha":"${{ github.sha }}"}'
+        
+#   https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_release_create
+    - name: Create Release
+      env:
+        RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        gh release create ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }} \
+          -t "${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}" \
+          --generate-notes \
+          --latest
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
index 46f09d3..401c24c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,120 @@ on:
       - .githooks
 
 jobs:
- build-push-release:
-    uses: helxplatform/helx-github-actions/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
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+############################## flake8-linter ##############################
+  flake8-linter:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+
+    # Currently actions/setup-python supports caching
+    # but the cache is not as robust as cache action.
+    # Here we cache the entire python env which speeds subsequent builds up alot. (alot being scientific term)
+    # Ref: https://blog.allenai.org/python-caching-in-github-actions-e9452698e98d
+    - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      name: Cache Python
+      with:
+        path: ${{ env.pythonLocation }}
+        key: ${{ env.pythonLocation }}-${{ hashFiles('setup.py') }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}
+
+    - name: Install Requirements
+      run: |
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        pip install flake8
+        flake8 --ignore=E,W src 
+      # We continue on error here until the code is clean
+      # flake8 --ignore=E,W --exit-zero . 
+      continue-on-error: true
+
+################################### PYTEST ###################################
+  pytest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+
+    - name: Install Requirements
+      run: |
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        pip install coverage
+        pip install .
+
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        make test
+
+############################ Bandit ################################
+  bandit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+
+    - name: Install Requirements
+      run: |
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        pip install bandit
+        pip install .
+
+    # Only report high security issues
+    - name: Test with Bandit
+      run: |
+        bandit -r src -n3 -lll
+
+############################## test-image-build ##############################
+  test-image-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Set short git commit SHA
+      id: vars
+      run: |
+        echo "short_sha=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    # https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/
+
+    - name: Confirm git commit SHA output
+      run: echo ${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
+
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+    - name: Login to DockerHub
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        logout: true
+
+    - name: Parse Github Reference Name
+      id: branch
+      run: |
+        REF=${{ github.ref_name }}
+        echo "GHR=${REF%/*}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        
+    # Notes on Cache: 
+    # https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/examples/#inline-cache
+    - name: Build Container
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      with:
+        context: .
+        push: true
+        tags: |
+          ${{ github.repository }}:test_${{ steps.branch.outputs.GHR }}
+        cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache
+        cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache,mode=max
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy-pr-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy-pr-scan.yml
index 6097214..1e7bc06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy-pr-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy-pr-scan.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 name: trivy-pr-scan 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -19,5 +18,50 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
  trivy-pr-scan:
-    uses: helxplatform/helx-github-actions/.github/workflows/trivy-pr-scan.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
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+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      with:
+        driver-opts: |
+          network=host
+
+    - name: Login to DockerHub
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        logout: true
+
+    # Notes on Cache: 
+    # https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/examples/#inline-cache
+    - name: Build Container
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      with:
+        context: .
+        push: false
+        load: true
+        tags: ${{ github.repository }}:vuln-test
+        cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache
+        cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache,mode=max
+
+    # We will not be concerned with Medium and Low vulnerabilities
+    - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
+      uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
+      with:
+        image-ref: '${{ github.repository }}:vuln-test'
+        format: 'sarif'
+        severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH'
+        ignore-unfixed: true
+        output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
+        exit-code: '1'
+    # Scan results should be viewable in GitHub Security Dashboard
+    # We still fail the job if results are found, so below will always run
+    # unless manually canceled.
+    - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
+      uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
+      if: '!cancelled()'
+      with:
+        sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
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