diff --git a/bin/publisher.rb b/bin/publisher.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d555121..00000000
--- a/bin/publisher.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-require 'optparse'
-require 'logger'
-
-options = { concurrency: 5, poll: 1 }
-
-OptionParser.new do |opts|
-  opts.banner = "Usage: publisher.rb [options]"
-
-  opts.on("-t", "--concurrency NUMBER", Integer, "Number of worker threads") do |max|
-    options[:threads_max] = max
-  end
-
-  opts.on("-p", "--poll INTERVAL", Integer, "Number of seconds to wait when no results or queue is at capacity") do |interval|
-    options[:poll_interval] = interval
-  end
-end.parse!
-
-publisher = Outboxer::Publisher.new(
-  concurrency: options[:concurrency], poll: options[:poll], logger: Logger.new(STDOUT))
-
-Signal.trap('INT') { publisher.stop! }
-
-publisher.publish! do |outboxer_message|
-  case outboxer_message.outboxer_messageable_type
-  when 'Event'
-    EventHandlerWorker.perform_async({ 'id' => outboxer_message.outboxer_messageable_id })
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/outboxer/publisher.rb b/lib/outboxer/publisher.rb
index 08d5cbf6..52425229 100644
--- a/lib/outboxer/publisher.rb
+++ b/lib/outboxer/publisher.rb
@@ -154,5 +154,7 @@ def debug_log(message, logger:, threads:, queue:, messages:)
 
       logger.debug "#{message} #{summary.to_json}"
     end
+
+    private_class_method :debug_log
   end
 end
diff --git a/script/seed_database.rb b/script/seed_database.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index e46dd200..00000000
--- a/script/seed_database.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-require 'bundler/setup'
-Bundler.require(:default, :development)
-
-# psql -d postgres
-# CREATE USER outboxer_developer WITH PASSWORD 'outboxer_password';
-# CREATE DATABASE outboxer_development;
-# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE outboxer_development TO outboxer_developer;
-
-database_name = ENV.fetch('RAILS_ENV')
-database_url = "postgres://outboxer_developer:outboxer_password@localhost/outboxer_#{database_name}"
-
-ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(database_url)
-
-# ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
-#   host: "localhost",
-#   adapter: "postgresql",
-#   database: "outboxer_development",
-#   username: "outboxer_developer",
-#   password: "outboxer_password")
-
-# existing_tables = %i[outboxer_exceptions outboxer_messages]
-#   .select { |table| ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?(table) }
-#   .each { |existing_table| ActiveRecord::Migration.drop_table(existing_table) }
-
-require_relative "../generators/outboxer/templates/migrations/create_outboxer_messages"
-CreateOutboxerMessages.new.down
-CreateOutboxerMessages.new.up
-
-
-require_relative "../generators/outboxer/templates/migrations/create_outboxer_exceptions"
-CreateOutboxerExceptions.new.down
-CreateOutboxerExceptions.new.up
-
-# existing_tables = %i[events accounting_invoices]
-#   .select { |table| ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?(table) }
-#   .each { |existing_table| ActiveRecord::Migration.drop_table(existing_table) }
-
-require_relative "../spec/db/migrate/create_accounting_invoices"
-CreateAccountingInvoices.new.down
-CreateAccountingInvoices.new.up
-
-require_relative "../spec/db/migrate/create_events"
-CreateEvents.new.down
-CreateEvents.new.up
-
-require_relative "../spec/models/event"
-require_relative "../spec/accounting/models/invoice"
-require_relative "../spec/accounting/invoice"
-
-require_relative "../generators/outboxer/templates/workers/event_handler_worker"
-
-10.times do |_i|
-  invoice, created_event = Accounting::Invoice.create!
-
-  puts "Invoice##{invoice.id} - #{created_event.type} event #{event.id}"
-end
diff --git a/sig/outboxer.rbs b/sig/outboxer.rbs
deleted file mode 100644
index a96a5705..00000000
--- a/sig/outboxer.rbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-module Outboxer
-  VERSION: String
-  
-  module Publisher
-    class Args
-      attr_reader message: untyped
-      attr_reader logger: Logger
-      
-      def initialize: (untyped message, Logger logger) -> void
-    end
-  
-    def self.publish: (?Integer poll, ?Proc[Integer, Integer] backoff) { (Args) -> untyped } -> void
-    def self.dequeue: ({ backoff: Proc[Integer, Integer] }) -> untyped
-    def self.published: ({ outboxer_message: untyped, backoff: Proc[Integer, Integer] }) -> void
-    def self.failed: ({ outboxer_message: untyped, exception: Exception, backoff: Proc[Integer, Integer] }) -> void
-    def self.retry_on_error: ({ backoff: Proc[Integer, Integer] }) { () -> untyped } -> untyped
-    def self.stop: () -> void
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/console.rb b/spec/console.rb
index 7fba03f8..a3df5aa3 100755
--- a/spec/console.rb
+++ b/spec/console.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 
 binding.pry
 
-puts 'hi'
+puts 'script finished'
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 481919b0..857d8277 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -34,22 +34,4 @@
        # ignore
     end
   end
-
-  # config.after(:all) do
-  #   Publisher.disconnect!
-  # end
-
-  # config.before(:each) do
-  #   ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection({
-  #     'adapter' => 'postgresql',
-  #     'username' => `whoami`.strip,
-  #     'database' => 'outboxer_test'
-  #   })
-
-  #   DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
-  # end
-
-  # config.after(:each) do
-  #   DatabaseCleaner.clean
-  # end
 end
diff --git a/spec/tasks/publisher.rake b/spec/tasks/publisher.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b596168..00000000
--- a/spec/tasks/publisher.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-require 'bundler/setup'
-Bundler.require(:default, ENV.fetch('RAILS_ENV'))
-
-namespace :outboxer do
-  namespace :publisher do
-    task :publish do
-      command = "generators/outboxer/templates/bin/outboxer_publisher " \
-        "--concurrency=5 "\
-        "--poll=1 " \
-        "--redis_url=redis://localhost:6379/0 " \
-        "--db_config=../../../../config/database.yml"
-
-      system command
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-# generators/outboxer/templates/bin/outboxer_publisher.rb --db_config=spec/config/database.yml
-# bin/outboxer_publisher # --db_config=config/database.yml
-
-
-# bin/outboxer_publisher \
-#   --messageable_type=Models::DomainEvent --worker=workers/domain_event_handler_worker.rb \
-#   --messageable_type=Models::Log         --worker=workers/log_handler_worker.rb
-
-# bin/outboxer_publisher \
-#   --concurrency=5
-#   --poll=1
-#   --redis_url=redis://localhost:6379/0
-#   --db_config_path=spec/config/database.yml
-#   --messageable_type=Models::DomainEvent --worker=workers/domain_event_handler_worker.rb \
-#   --messageable_type=Models::Log         --worker=workers/log_handler_worker.rb
-
-# 1. run the install generator
-# 2. migrate the database
-# 3. include outboxable in your models
-# 4. add a handler worker
-# 5. run the publisher script
-
-# bin/outboxer_publisher \
-#   --concurrency=5
-#   --poll=1
-#   --redis_url=redis://localhost:6379/0
-#   --db_config=spec/config/database.yml
-#   --messageable_type=Models::DomainEvent --worker=workers/domain_event_handler_worker.rb \
-#   --messageable_type=Models::Log         --worker=workers/log_handler_worker.rb
-
-
-# ruby generators/outboxer/templates/bin/outboxer_publisher.rb \
-#   --concurrency=5 \
-#   --poll=1 \
-#   --redis_url=redis://localhost:6379/0 \
-#   --db_config=spec/config/database.yml \
-#   --messageable_type=Models::DomainEvent --worker=workers/domain_event_handler_worker.rb \
-#   --messageable_type=Models::Log         --worker=workers/log_handler_worker.rb