diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 72b3400..89104b5 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ruby-3.2.1
+ruby-3.3.0-rc1
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index aa61588..e5f7fc3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-ruby "3.2.1"
+ruby "3.3.0.rc1"
 
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main"
 gem "rails", "~> 7.1.2"
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ gem "rails", "~> 7.1.2"
 # The modern asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/propshaft]
 gem "propshaft"
 
-# Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
-gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4"
-
 # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma]
 gem "puma", ">= 5.0"
 
@@ -44,6 +41,11 @@ gem "bootsnap", require: false
 # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images]
 # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2"
 
+# SQLite
+gem "activerecord-enhancedsqlite3-adapter", git: "https://github.com/dbackeus/activerecord-enhancedsqlite3-adapter.git", branch: "extralite"
+gem "sqlite3"
+gem "extralite"
+
 group :development, :test do
   # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem
   gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri windows ]
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c50b23c..4f5c546 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+GIT
+  remote: https://github.com/dbackeus/activerecord-enhancedsqlite3-adapter.git
+  revision: 77b3d6b4d55b553d9cf681e7605144ee585f66ac
+  branch: extralite
+  specs:
+    activerecord-enhancedsqlite3-adapter (0.4.0)
+      activerecord (>= 7.1)
+      sqlite3 (~> 1.6)
+
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -75,10 +84,10 @@ GEM
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       mutex_m
       tzinfo (~> 2.0)
-    addressable (2.8.5)
+    addressable (2.8.6)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
     base64 (0.2.0)
-    bigdecimal (3.1.4)
+    bigdecimal (3.1.5)
     bindex (0.8.1)
     bootsnap (1.17.0)
       msgpack (~> 1.2)
@@ -99,20 +108,21 @@ GEM
     cssbundling-rails (1.3.3)
       railties (>= 6.0.0)
     date (3.3.4)
-    debug (1.8.0)
-      irb (>= 1.5.0)
-      reline (>= 0.3.1)
+    debug (1.9.0)
+      irb (~> 1.10)
+      reline (>= 0.3.8)
     drb (2.2.0)
       ruby2_keywords
     erubi (1.12.0)
+    extralite (2.3)
     faker (3.2.2)
       i18n (>= 1.8.11, < 2)
     globalid (1.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
     i18n (1.14.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    io-console (0.6.0)
-    irb (1.10.1)
+    io-console (0.7.1)
+    irb (1.11.0)
       rdoc
       reline (>= 0.3.8)
     jsbundling-rails (1.2.1)
@@ -128,10 +138,11 @@ GEM
     marcel (1.0.2)
     matrix (0.4.2)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
+    mini_portile2 (2.8.5)
     minitest (5.20.0)
     msgpack (1.7.2)
     mutex_m (0.2.0)
-    net-imap (0.4.7)
+    net-imap (0.4.8)
       date
       net-protocol
     net-pop (0.1.2)
@@ -141,11 +152,8 @@ GEM
     net-smtp (0.4.0)
       net-protocol
     nio4r (2.7.0)
-    nokogiri (1.15.5-aarch64-linux)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.15.5-arm64-darwin)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.15.5-x86_64-linux)
+    nokogiri (1.15.5)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     pg (1.5.4)
     propshaft (0.8.0)
@@ -153,7 +161,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 7.0.0)
       rack
       railties (>= 7.0.0)
-    psych (5.1.1.1)
+    psych (5.1.2)
       stringio
     public_suffix (5.0.4)
     puma (6.4.0)
@@ -197,11 +205,11 @@ GEM
       thor (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.2)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
     rake (13.1.0)
-    rdoc (6.6.1)
+    rdoc (6.6.2)
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
     redis (5.0.8)
       redis-client (>= 0.17.0)
-    redis-client (0.18.0)
+    redis-client (0.19.0)
       connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.8.3)
     reline (0.4.1)
@@ -213,12 +221,11 @@ GEM
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 3.0)
       websocket (~> 1.0)
-    sqlite3 (1.6.9-aarch64-linux)
-    sqlite3 (1.6.9-arm64-darwin)
-    sqlite3 (1.6.9-x86_64-linux)
+    sqlite3 (1.6.9)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.0)
     stimulus-rails (1.3.0)
       railties (>= 6.0.0)
-    stringio (3.1.0)
+    stringio (3.1.1)
     thor (1.3.0)
     timeout (0.4.1)
     turbo-rails (1.5.0)
@@ -244,14 +251,17 @@ GEM
 PLATFORMS
   aarch64-linux
   arm64-darwin-21
+  arm64-darwin-23
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  activerecord-enhancedsqlite3-adapter!
   bootsnap
   browser (~> 5.3)
   capybara
   cssbundling-rails
   debug
+  extralite
   faker (~> 3.2)
   jsbundling-rails
   pg (~> 1.5)
@@ -260,14 +270,14 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (~> 7.1.2)
   redis (>= 4.0.1)
   selenium-webdriver
-  sqlite3 (~> 1.4)
+  sqlite3
   stimulus-rails
   turbo-rails
   tzinfo-data
   web-console
 
 RUBY VERSION
-   ruby 3.2.1p31
+   ruby 3.3.0.rc1
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.4.19
diff --git a/app/controllers/benchmarking_controller.rb b/app/controllers/benchmarking_controller.rb
index 2f6d006..7e6e6e4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/benchmarking_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/benchmarking_controller.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 class BenchmarkingController < ApplicationController
-  skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
   before_action :set_user_update_last_seen_at
 
-  # POST /benchmarking/read_heavy
+  # GET /benchmarking/read_heavy
   def read_heavy
     act_and_respond(
       post_create:      0.10,
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ def read_heavy
     )
   end
 
-  # POST /benchmarking/write_heavy
+  # GET /benchmarking/write_heavy
   def write_heavy
     act_and_respond(
       post_create:      0.25,
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ def write_heavy
     )
   end
 
-  # POST /benchmarking/balanced
+  # GET /benchmarking/balanced
   def balanced
     act_and_respond(
       post_create:      0.17,
@@ -41,6 +40,25 @@ def balanced
     )
   end
 
+  # GET /benchmarking/long_running
+  def long_running
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do |conn|
+      # Since SQLite doesn't have a sleep function, we'll use a recursive CTE
+      # which takes approximately 1 second to execute.
+      conn.raw_connection.execute <<~SQL
+        WITH RECURSIVE r(i) AS (
+          VALUES(0)
+          UNION ALL
+          SELECT i FROM r
+          LIMIT 10000000
+        )
+        SELECT i FROM r WHERE i = 1;
+      SQL
+    end
+
+    head :ok
+  end
+
   private
 
     def set_user_update_last_seen_at
@@ -89,7 +107,7 @@ def act_and_respond(actions_with_weighted_distribution)
         head :created
       when :comment_create
         head :created
-      when :comment_destroy
+      when :comment_destroy, :post_destroy
         head :no_content
       when :post_show
         render "posts/show", status: :ok
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 796466b..03bf2aa 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ default: &default
   adapter: sqlite3
   pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
   timeout: 5000
+  client: <%= ENV["DB_CLIENT"] %>
+  strict: false
 
 development:
   <<: *default
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index d9541af..1c3bd2b 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -88,4 +88,6 @@
   # ]
   # Skip DNS rebinding protection for the default health check endpoint.
   # config.host_authorization = { exclude: ->(request) { request.path == "/up" } }
+
+  config.active_record.sqlite3_production_warning = false
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index d7628a4..43c5a87 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
   # Can be used by load balancers and uptime monitors to verify that the app is live.
   get "up" => "rails/health#show", as: :rails_health_check
 
-  post "benchmarking/read_heavy" => "benchmarking#read_heavy"
-  post "benchmarking/write_heavy" => "benchmarking#write_heavy"
-  post "benchmarking/balanced" => "benchmarking#balanced"
+  get "benchmarking/read_heavy"
+  get "benchmarking/write_heavy"
+  get "benchmarking/balanced"
+  get "benchmarking/long_running"
 
   # Defines the root path route ("/")
   root to: "posts#index"