diff --git a/api/tags_autocomplete.php b/api/tags_autocomplete.php
index 88c7863..3e9fb74 100644
--- a/api/tags_autocomplete.php
+++ b/api/tags_autocomplete.php
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ $results = Tag::select('name')
                 ->fetchAll()
                 ->toArray();
 
-array_push($tags, ['name' => $tag_name]);
+$tags[] = ['name' => $tag_name];
 
 echo json_encode($tags);
diff --git a/archive.php b/archive.php
index ca5c90b..bbb2496 100644
--- a/archive.php
+++ b/archive.php
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ updatePageViews();
 // Theme
 $page_template = 'archive';
 $page_title = 'Pastes Archive';
-array_push($script_bundles, 'archive');
+$script_bundles[] = 'archive';
 require_once('theme/' . $default_theme . '/common.php');
diff --git a/discover.php b/discover.php
index 48aa975..b86576f 100644
--- a/discover.php
+++ b/discover.php
@@ -5,19 +5,6 @@ require_once('includes/functions.php');
 
 use PonePaste\Models\Paste;
 
-function transformPasteRow(Paste $row) : array {
-    return [
-        'id' => $row['id'],
-        'title' => $row['title'],
-        'member' => $row['member'],
-        'time' => $row['created_at'],
-        'time_update' => $row['updated_at'],
-        'friendly_update_time' => friendlyDateDifference(new DateTime($row['updated_at']), new DateTime()),
-        'friendly_time' => friendlyDateDifference(new DateTime($row['created_at']), new DateTime()),
-        'tags' => $row->tags
-    ];
-}
-
 $popular_pastes = Paste::getMostViewed();//->map('transformPasteRow');
 $monthly_popular_pastes = Paste::getMonthPopular();//->map('transformPasteRow');
 $recent_pastes = Paste::getRecent();//->map('transformPasteRow');
diff --git a/includes/DatabaseHandle.class.php b/includes/DatabaseHandle.class.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a5974b..0000000
--- a/includes/DatabaseHandle.class.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-class DatabaseHandle {
-    private PDO $conn;
-
-    public function __construct(string $conString, string $username, string $password) {
-        $this->conn = new PDO($conString, $username, $password, [
-            PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
-            PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
-            PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false
-        ]);
-    }
-
-    public function prepare(string $query) : PDOStatement {
-        return $this->conn->prepare($query);
-    }
-
-    public function query(string $query, array $params = null) : PDOStatement {
-        if (empty($params)) {
-            return $this->conn->query($query);
-        }
-
-        $stmt = $this->conn->prepare($query);
-        $stmt->execute($params);
-
-        return $stmt;
-    }
-
-    public function querySelectOne(string $query, array $params = null, int $fetchMode = PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) : array|null {
-        $stmt = $this->query($query, $params);
-
-        if ($row = $stmt->fetch($fetchMode)) {
-            return $row;
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/includes/Models/Tag.php b/includes/Models/Tag.php
index 7d70f0b..89f87a9 100644
--- a/includes/Models/Tag.php
+++ b/includes/Models/Tag.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Tag extends Model {
             $cleanName = Tag::cleanTagName($tagName);
 
             if (!empty($cleanName)) {
-                array_push($cleanTags, $cleanName);
+                $cleanTags[] = $cleanName;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/includes/NonRetardedSSP.class.php b/includes/NonRetardedSSP.class.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f2e407..0000000
--- a/includes/NonRetardedSSP.class.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
-
-class NonRetardedSSP {
-    public static function run(array $request, Builder $builder) {
-        /* Some of these parameters might not be passed; zero is an OK default */
-        $draw = (int) @$request['draw'];
-        $start = (int) @$request['start'];
-        $length = (int) @$request['length'];
-
-
-        /* figure out total records */
-        $recordsTotal = $builder->count();
-
-        /* build query */
-        $params = [];
-
-        if ($length != 0) {
-            $builder = $builder->limit($length);
-
-            if ($start != 0) {
-                $builder = $builder->offset($start);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /* fire it off */
-        $data = $builder->get();
-
-        return [
-            'draw' => $draw,
-            'recordsTotal' => $recordsTotal,
-            'recordsFiltered' => ($recordsTotal - count($data)),
-            'data' => $data
-        ];
-    }
-}
diff --git a/includes/ViewBag.class.php b/includes/ViewBag.class.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e4f4d6e..0000000
--- a/includes/ViewBag.class.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-class ViewBag {
-    private static array $global = [];
-    private static array $local = [];
-
-    public static function putGlobal(string $key, string $value) : void {
-        ViewBag::$global[$key] = $value;
-    }
-
-    public static function put(string $key, string $value) : void {
-        ViewBag::$local[$key] = $value;
-    }
-
-    public static function getGlobal(string $key, bool $escape = true) : string {
-        $value = ViewBag::$global[$key];
-
-        if ($escape) {
-            $value = pp_html_escape($value);
-        }
-
-        return $value;
-    }
-
-    public static function get(string $key, bool $escape = true) : string {
-        $value = ViewBag::$local[$key];
-
-        if ($escape) {
-            $value = pp_html_escape($value);
-        }
-
-        return $value;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/includes/captcha.php b/includes/captcha.php
index bc1775c..3287f8e 100644
--- a/includes/captcha.php
+++ b/includes/captcha.php
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ if (isset($_GET['_CAPTCHA'])) {
     $font = $captcha_config['fonts'][rand(0, count($captcha_config['fonts']) - 1)];
 
     // Verify font file exists
-    if (!file_exists($font))
-        throw new Exception('Font file not found: ' . $font);
+    if (!file_exists($font)) {
+        die('Font file not found.');
+    }
 
     // Set the font size
     $font_size = rand($captcha_config['min_font_size'], $captcha_config['max_font_size']);
diff --git a/includes/common.php b/includes/common.php
index 508898d..662dedc 100644
--- a/includes/common.php
+++ b/includes/common.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function flash(string $level, string $message) {
         throw new Exception('Invalid flash level ' . $level);
     }
 
-    array_push($_SESSION['flashes'][$level], $message);
+    $_SESSION['flashes'][$level][] = $message;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index 55d162e..e5531ca 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
+use PonePaste\Models\Paste;
 
 function tagsToHtml(array | Collection $tags) : string {
     $output = "";
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ function embedView($paste_id, $p_title, $content, $title) {
     return $stats;
 }
 
-function addToSitemap(\PonePaste\Models\Paste $paste, $priority, $changefreq) {
+function addToSitemap(Paste $paste, $priority, $changefreq) {
     $c_date = date('Y-m-d');
     $site_data = file_get_contents("sitemap.xml");
     $site_data = str_replace("</urlset>", "", $site_data);
diff --git a/theme/bulma/js/paste.js b/theme/bulma/js/paste.js
index 30eeef0..a98cc23 100644
--- a/theme/bulma/js/paste.js
+++ b/theme/bulma/js/paste.js
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ function replaceSelection(e, t) {
         var n = e.selectionStart;
         var r = e.selectionEnd;
         e.value = e.value.substring(0, n) + t + e.value.substring(r);
-        if (n != r) {
+        if (n !== r) {
             setSelectionRange(e, n, n + t.length);
         } else {
             setSelectionRange(e, n + t.length, n + t.length);
         }
     } else if (document.selection) {
         var i = document.selection.createRange();
-        if (i.parentElement() == e) {
-            var s = i.text == "";
+        if (i.parentElement() === e) {
+            var s = i.text === "";
             i.text = t;
             if (!s) {
                 i.moveStart("character", -t.length);
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ function replaceSelection(e, t) {
 }
 
 function catchTab(e, t) {
+    let c;
     if (navigator.userAgent.match("Gecko")) {
         c = t.which;
     } else {
         c = t.keyCode;
     }
-    if (c == 9) {
-        var n = e.scrollTop;
+    if (c === 9) {
+        const n = e.scrollTop;
         replaceSelection(e, String.fromCharCode(9));
         stopEvent(t);
         e.scrollTop = n;
@@ -77,8 +78,7 @@ var js = {
             return this.getLines(e).length;
         },
         getLines: function (e) {
-            var t = e.split("\n");
-            return t;
+            return e.split("\n");
         },
     },
     textElement: {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ var js = {
                 }
                 t.start = i;
                 t.end = i + n.text.replace(/\r/g, "").length;
-            } else if (e.selectionStart || e.selectionStart == 0) {
+            } else if (e.selectionStart || e.selectionStart === 0) {
                 t.start = e.selectionStart;
                 t.end = e.selectionEnd;
             }
@@ -118,32 +118,32 @@ var js = {
 };
 
 function highlight(e) {
-    var t = js.textElement.caretPosition(e);
+    const t = js.textElement.caretPosition(e);
     if (!t.start && !t.end) return;
-    var n = js.text.getLines(js.textElement.value(e));
-    var r = 0,
+    const n = js.text.getLines(js.textElement.value(e));
+    let r = 0,
         i = 0;
-    var s = "";
-    var o = false;
-    var u = 0;
-    for (var a in n) {
+    let s = "";
+    let o = false;
+    let u = 0;
+    for (const a in n) {
         i = r + n[a].length;
         if (t.start >= r && t.start <= i) o = true;
         if (o) {
-            var f = n[a].substr(0, 11) == "!highlight!";
+            const f = n[a].substr(0, 11) === "!highlight!";
             if (!u) {
                 if (f) u = 1;
                 else u = 2;
             }
-            if (u == 1 && f) n[a] = n[a].substr(11, n[a].length - 11);
-            else if (u == 2 && !f) s += "!highlight!";
+            if (u === 1 && f) n[a] = n[a].substr(11, n[a].length - 11);
+            else if (u === 2 && !f) s += "!highlight!";
         }
         s = s + n[a] + "\n";
         if (t.end >= r && t.end <= i) o = false;
         r = i + 1;
     }
     e.value = s.substring(0, s.length - 1);
-    var l = t.start + (u == 1 ? -11 : 11);
+    const l = t.start + (u === 1 ? -11 : 11);
     js.textElement.setCaretPosition(e, {
         start: l,
         end: l,
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function highlight(e) {
 
 function togglev() {
     if (
-        document.getElementsByTagName("ol")[0].style.listStyle.substr(0, 4) ==
+        document.getElementsByTagName("ol")[0].style.listStyle.substr(0, 4) ===
         "none"
     ) {
         document.getElementsByTagName("ol")[0].style.listStyle = "decimal";
diff --git a/theme/bulma/view.php b/theme/bulma/view.php
index 09bcb4d..ad88166 100644
--- a/theme/bulma/view.php
+++ b/theme/bulma/view.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="theme/bulma/css/bulma-tagsinput.min.css"/>
 <script>
     function openreport() {
-        var x = document.getElementById("panel");
+        const x = document.getElementById("panel");
         if (x.style.display === "none") {
             x.style.display = "block";
         } else {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     }
 
     function closereport() {
-        var x = document.getElementById("panel");
+        const x = document.getElementById("panel");
         if (x.style.display === "none") {
             x.style.display = "block";
         } else {
diff --git a/user.php b/user.php
index bd1d108..f2cf262 100644
--- a/user.php
+++ b/user.php
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ updatePageViews();
 $csrf_token = setupCsrfToken();
 $page_title = 'Profile of ' . $profile_username;
 $page_template = 'user_profile';
-array_push($script_bundles, 'user_profile');
+$script_bundles[] = 'user_profile';
 require_once('theme/' . $default_theme . '/common.php');