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 Available `RAILS_ENV`
 
+ - `production` (generally not for your main GDK db, but you may need this for e.g. omnibus)
  - `development` (this is your main GDK db)
  - `test` (used for tests like rspec and spinach)
 
 
 ## Nuke everything and start over
 
-If you just want to delete everything and start over,
+If you just want to delete everything and start over with an empty DB (~1 minute):
 
- - `bundle exec rake dev:setup RAILS_ENV=development` : Also runs DB specific stuff and seeds dummy data (slow)
- - `bundle exec rake db:reset RAILS_ENV=development` : Doesn't do the above (fast)
- - `bundle exec rake db:reset RAILS_ENV=test` : Fix the test DB, since it doesn't contain important data.
+ - `bundle exec rake db:reset RAILS_ENV=development`
+
+If you just want to delete everything and start over with dummy data (~40 minutes). This also does `db:reset` and runs DB-specific migrations:
+
+ - `bundle exec rake dev:setup RAILS_ENV=development`
+
+If your test DB is giving you problems, it is safe to nuke it because it doesn't contain important data:
+
+ - `bundle exec rake db:reset RAILS_ENV=test`
 
 ## Migration wrangling