diff --git a/.projections.json b/.projections.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c84bd7e7..00000000
--- a/.projections.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "_data/*.yml": { "type": "data" }
-}
diff --git a/Dangerfile b/Dangerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 92bf2b4a..00000000
--- a/Dangerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-error_messages = {
-  1 => 'Jekyll failed to build site',
-  2 => 'htmlproofer found errors',
-  3 => 'Incomplete event data found',
-  4 => 'Invalid event data found',
-  5 => 'Events out of order'
-}
-
-system 'bundle exec rake build verify_data'
-
-fail message if message = error_messages[$?.exitstatus]
-
-commit_lint.check
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4f4896ec..10090371 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 ruby File.read(".ruby-version").strip
-#ruby-gemset=ruby-conferences
 
-gem 'danger'
-gem 'danger-commit_lint'
 gem 'html-proofer'
 gem 'jekyll'
 gem 'rake'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 134552c6..ca61b4d8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -24,38 +24,13 @@ GEM
       timers (~> 4.1)
     base64 (0.2.0)
     bigdecimal (3.1.8)
-    claide (1.1.0)
-    claide-plugins (0.9.2)
-      cork
-      nap
-      open4 (~> 1.3)
     colorator (1.1.0)
-    colored2 (3.1.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.3.3)
     connection_pool (2.4.1)
     console (1.16.2)
       fiber-local
-    cork (0.3.0)
-      colored2 (~> 3.1)
     countries (6.0.1)
       unaccent (~> 0.3)
-    danger (9.2.0)
-      claide (~> 1.0)
-      claide-plugins (>= 0.9.2)
-      colored2 (~> 3.1)
-      cork (~> 0.1)
-      faraday (>= 0.9.0, < 3.0)
-      faraday-http-cache (~> 2.0)
-      git (~> 1.7)
-      kramdown (~> 2.3)
-      kramdown-parser-gfm (~> 1.0)
-      no_proxy_fix
-      octokit (~> 5.0)
-      terminal-table (>= 1, < 4)
-    danger-commit_lint (0.0.7)
-      danger-plugin-api (~> 1.0)
-    danger-plugin-api (1.0.0)
-      danger (> 2.0)
     drb (2.2.1)
     em-websocket (0.5.3)
       eventmachine (>= 0.12.9)
@@ -63,21 +38,12 @@ GEM
     ethon (0.16.0)
       ffi (>= 1.15.0)
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
-    faraday (2.7.4)
-      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
-      ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
-    faraday-http-cache (2.4.1)
-      faraday (>= 0.8)
-    faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
     ffi (1.17.0)
     fiber-local (1.0.0)
     fiber-storage (1.0.0)
     forwardable-extended (2.6.0)
     frozen_record (0.27.2)
       activemodel
-    git (1.13.2)
-      addressable (~> 2.8)
-      rchardet (~> 1.8)
     google-protobuf (4.27.1)
       bigdecimal
       rake (>= 13)
@@ -135,15 +101,9 @@ GEM
     mercenary (0.4.0)
     mini_portile2 (2.8.6)
     minitest (5.25.1)
-    nap (1.1.0)
-    no_proxy_fix (0.1.2)
     nokogiri (1.16.5)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    octokit (5.6.1)
-      faraday (>= 1, < 3)
-      sawyer (~> 0.9)
-    open4 (1.3.4)
     pathutil (0.16.2)
       forwardable-extended (~> 2.6)
     pdf-reader (2.11.0)
@@ -159,19 +119,14 @@ GEM
     rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.11.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    rchardet (1.8.0)
     rexml (3.3.6)
       strscan
     rouge (4.3.0)
     ruby-rc4 (0.1.5)
-    ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     safe_yaml (1.0.5)
     sass-embedded (1.77.5)
       google-protobuf (>= 3.25, < 5.0)
       rake (>= 13)
-    sawyer (0.9.2)
-      addressable (>= 2.3.5)
-      faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 3)
     securerandom (0.3.1)
     strscan (3.1.0)
     terminal-table (3.0.2)
@@ -193,8 +148,6 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   countries (~> 6.0)
-  danger
-  danger-commit_lint
   frozen_record (~> 0.27.2)
   graphql-client (~> 0.23.0)
   html-proofer
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 611cea6d..f4248a91 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ exclude:
   - LICENSE.md
   - README.md
   - Rakefile
-  - data_file_validator.rb
   - notes.txt
   - vendor
+  - src
+  - '*.rb'
 
 plugins:
   - jekyll-feed