diff --git a/adminSiteServer/app.tsx b/adminSiteServer/app.tsx
index ba7baf7da60..434f29f910f 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/app.tsx
+++ b/adminSiteServer/app.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { simpleGit } from "simple-git"
 import express, { NextFunction } from "express"
 require("express-async-errors") // todo: why the require?
 import cookieParser from "cookie-parser"
-import "reflect-metadata"
 import http from "http"
 import Bugsnag from "@bugsnag/js"
 import BugsnagPluginExpress from "@bugsnag/plugin-express"
diff --git a/functions/package.json b/functions/package.json
index 9e8bf56303a..a25acef7366 100644
--- a/functions/package.json
+++ b/functions/package.json
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 {
-  "name": "owid-thumbnails",
+  "name": "owid-functions",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry": "^1.1.1",
     "@ourworldindata/grapher": "workspace:^",
     "@ourworldindata/utils": "workspace:^",
     "itty-router": "^4.0.23",
     "stripe": "^14.20.0",
     "svg2png-wasm": "^1.4.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@cloudflare/workers-types": "^4.20240512.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ace17efbb70..187c9366f7d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
         "@bugsnag/js": "^7.20.0",
         "@bugsnag/plugin-express": "^7.19.0",
         "@bugsnag/plugin-react": "^7.19.0",
-        "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry": "^1.1.1",
         "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^6.5.2",
         "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "^6.5.2",
         "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^6.5.2",
@@ -65,53 +64,12 @@
         "@sinclair/typebox": "^0.28.5",
         "@slack/web-api": "^6.11.1",
         "@tippyjs/react": "^4.2.6",
-        "@types/bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
-        "@types/chunk-text": "^1.0.0",
-        "@types/codemirror": "^5.60.5",
-        "@types/colorbrewer": "^1.0.29",
-        "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
-        "@types/d3": "^6",
-        "@types/d3-format": "^2",
-        "@types/enzyme": "^3.10.12",
-        "@types/express": "^4.17.14",
-        "@types/express-rate-limit": "^5.1.0",
-        "@types/fs-extra": "^11.0.1",
-        "@types/fuzzyset": "^1.0.2",
-        "@types/hast": "2",
-        "@types/html-to-text": "^8.1.1",
-        "@types/js-cookie": "^3.0.2",
-        "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
-        "@types/lodash": "^4.17.0",
-        "@types/md5": "^2.3.2",
-        "@types/mdast": "^3.0",
-        "@types/minimist": "^1.2.2",
-        "@types/mousetrap": "^1.6.9",
-        "@types/mysql": "^2.15.21",
-        "@types/papaparse": "^5.3.5",
-        "@types/progress": "^2.0.5",
-        "@types/randomstring": "^1.1.8",
-        "@types/react": "^17.0.69",
-        "@types/react-beautiful-dnd": "^13.1.2",
-        "@types/react-color": "^3.0.2",
-        "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.22",
-        "@types/react-recaptcha": "^2.3.4",
-        "@types/react-router-dom": "^4.3.3",
-        "@types/react-tag-autocomplete": "^6.1.1",
-        "@types/shell-quote": "^1.7.1",
-        "@types/shelljs": "^0.8.11",
-        "@types/string-pixel-width": "^1.7.2",
-        "@types/topojson-client": "^3.1.1",
-        "@types/url-join": "^4.0.1",
-        "@types/url-parse": "^1.4.8",
-        "@types/webfontloader": "^1.6.34",
-        "@types/workerpool": "^6.1.0",
         "@wojtekmaj/enzyme-adapter-react-17": "^0.8.0",
         "algoliasearch": "^4.23.2",
         "antd": "^4.23.1",
         "archieml": "^0.5.0",
         "bcrypt": "^5.1.0",
         "bootstrap": "^4.6.1",
-        "bundlewatch": "^0.3.3",
         "cheerio": "^1.0.0-rc.10",
         "chunk-text": "^2.0.1",
         "classnames": "^2.5.1",
@@ -124,17 +82,12 @@
         "dotenv": "^16.0.1",
         "entities": "^4.4.0",
         "enzyme": "^3.11.0",
-        "eslint": "^8.57.0",
-        "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^3.6.1",
-        "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.29.1",
-        "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.6.0",
         "expr-eval": "^2.0.2",
         "express": "^4.19.2",
         "express-async-errors": "^3.1.1",
         "express-rate-limit": "^5.1.3",
         "filenamify": "^4.1.0",
         "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
-        "fuzzyset": "^1.0.5",
         "fuzzysort": "^1.1.4",
         "glob": "^10.3.3",
         "googleapis": "^108.0.0",
@@ -148,7 +101,6 @@
         "json8-pointer": "^1.0.6",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
         "knex": "^3.1.0",
-        "lerna": "^7.4.2",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "mathjax-full": "^3.1.0",
         "md5": "^2.3.0",
@@ -166,9 +118,7 @@
         "openai": "^4.6.0",
         "p-map": "^4.0.0",
         "papaparse": "^5.3.1",
-        "prettier": "^3.2.5",
         "progress": "^2.0.3",
-        "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
         "randomstring": "^1.3.0",
         "react": "^17.0.2",
         "react-animate-height": "^3.1.1",
@@ -190,7 +140,6 @@
         "react-select": "^5.8.0",
         "react-tag-autocomplete": "^7.1.0",
         "react-zoom-pan-pinch": "^2.1.3",
-        "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
         "rxjs": "6",
         "s-expression": "^3.1.1",
         "safe-stable-stringify": "^2.4.1",
@@ -201,7 +150,6 @@
         "simple-git": "^3.16.1",
         "simple-statistics": "^7.3.2",
         "string-pixel-width": "^1.10.0",
-        "stripe": "^14.20.0",
         "striptags": "^3.2.0",
         "svgo": "^3.0.2",
         "timezone-mock": "^1.0.18",
@@ -209,7 +157,6 @@
         "ts-pattern": "^5.0.5",
         "typeorm": "^0.3.20",
         "typescript": "~5.4.2",
-        "unified": "^9.0",
         "unist-util-visit": "^2.0.0",
         "url-join": "^4.0.0",
         "url-parse": "^1.5.10",
@@ -219,27 +166,69 @@
         "yaml": "^2.4.2"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "@cloudflare/workers-types": "^4.20240512.0",
         "@rmp135/sql-ts": "^2.1.0",
         "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.1.3",
         "@testing-library/react": "^12.1.5",
+        "@types/bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
+        "@types/chunk-text": "^1.0.0",
+        "@types/codemirror": "^5.60.5",
+        "@types/colorbrewer": "^1.0.29",
+        "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
+        "@types/d3": "^6",
+        "@types/enzyme": "^3.10.12",
+        "@types/express": "^4.17.14",
+        "@types/express-rate-limit": "^5.1.0",
+        "@types/fs-extra": "^11.0.1",
         "@types/geojson": "^7946.0.10",
+        "@types/html-to-text": "^8.1.1",
         "@types/indefinite": "^2.3.2",
         "@types/ini": "^4",
-        "@types/jest": "^29.5.5",
+        "@types/js-cookie": "^3.0.2",
+        "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
+        "@types/lodash": "^4.17.0",
+        "@types/md5": "^2.3.2",
+        "@types/mdast": "^3.0",
+        "@types/minimist": "^1.2.2",
+        "@types/mousetrap": "^1.6.9",
+        "@types/mysql": "^2.15.21",
+        "@types/papaparse": "^5.3.5",
+        "@types/progress": "^2.0.5",
+        "@types/randomstring": "^1.1.8",
+        "@types/react": "^17.0.69",
+        "@types/react-beautiful-dnd": "^13.1.2",
+        "@types/react-color": "^3.0.2",
+        "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.22",
+        "@types/react-recaptcha": "^2.3.4",
+        "@types/react-router-dom": "^4.3.3",
+        "@types/react-tag-autocomplete": "^6.1.1",
+        "@types/shell-quote": "^1.7.1",
+        "@types/shelljs": "^0.8.11",
+        "@types/string-pixel-width": "^1.7.2",
+        "@types/topojson-client": "^3.1.1",
         "@types/topojson-server": "^3.0.1",
+        "@types/url-join": "^4.0.1",
+        "@types/url-parse": "^1.4.8",
+        "@types/webfontloader": "^1.6.34",
+        "@types/workerpool": "^6.1.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.2.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.2.0",
         "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.1.0",
         "@yarnpkg/types": "^4.0.0",
+        "bundlewatch": "^0.3.3",
         "cypress": "9.3.1",
+        "eslint": "^8.57.0",
         "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
+        "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^3.6.1",
+        "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.29.1",
         "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.34.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.6.0",
         "http-server": "^14.1.1",
         "husky": "^9.0.11",
         "jest": "^29.7.0",
         "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.7.0",
+        "lerna": "^7.4.2",
         "lint-staged": "^15.2.2",
+        "prettier": "^3.2.5",
         "sass": "^1.69.5",
         "tmex": "^1.0.8",
         "topojson-server": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1508157c9be..78333cda39c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4881,13 +4881,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/fuzzyset@npm:^1.0.2":
-  version: 1.0.2
-  resolution: "@types/fuzzyset@npm:1.0.2"
-  checksum: 10/6f7746c5410f1955ad58858f4cfeaa5e3e8502beab1991e34cb02ba50df75c8581157a0a5f9f487ee90e302c1d2c469b656ad2fb5d44f534ef68121bc1e61fe6
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/geojson@npm:*, @types/geojson@npm:^7946.0.10":
   version: 7946.0.10
   resolution: "@types/geojson@npm:7946.0.10"
@@ -4921,15 +4914,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/hast@npm:2":
-  version: 2.3.7
-  resolution: "@types/hast@npm:2.3.7"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/unist": "npm:^2"
-  checksum: 10/3e63332825ed88117e7f355ba0cfd35367f1d951a1c381333b56188f7645947c3bbbe96abb4c8239324ba1317fd241d5afdb42e104a3654a424327340d49052c
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/history@npm:*":
   version: 4.7.2
   resolution: "@types/history@npm:4.7.2"
@@ -10476,13 +10460,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"fuzzyset@npm:^1.0.5":
-  version: 1.0.5
-  resolution: "fuzzyset@npm:1.0.5"
-  checksum: 10/777910fb1906c7b44ab8dd3ba87b266d68e9c58edf07404e5baee79585c9ccb47b8aa6969aa0110b81455ad38a8b1ae5fa743283afe1d2a496bdd86449fce4e8
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "fuzzysort@npm:^1.1.4":
   version: 1.1.4
   resolution: "fuzzysort@npm:1.1.4"
@@ -11004,8 +10981,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@bugsnag/js": "npm:^7.20.0"
     "@bugsnag/plugin-express": "npm:^7.19.0"
     "@bugsnag/plugin-react": "npm:^7.19.0"
-    "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry": "npm:^1.1.1"
-    "@cloudflare/workers-types": "npm:^4.20240512.0"
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "npm:^6.5.2"
     "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "npm:^6.5.2"
     "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "npm:^6.5.2"
@@ -11029,18 +11004,14 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/colorbrewer": "npm:^1.0.29"
     "@types/cookie-parser": "npm:^1.4.3"
     "@types/d3": "npm:^6"
-    "@types/d3-format": "npm:^2"
     "@types/enzyme": "npm:^3.10.12"
     "@types/express": "npm:^4.17.14"
     "@types/express-rate-limit": "npm:^5.1.0"
     "@types/fs-extra": "npm:^11.0.1"
-    "@types/fuzzyset": "npm:^1.0.2"
     "@types/geojson": "npm:^7946.0.10"
-    "@types/hast": "npm:2"
     "@types/html-to-text": "npm:^8.1.1"
     "@types/indefinite": "npm:^2.3.2"
     "@types/ini": "npm:^4"
-    "@types/jest": "npm:^29.5.5"
     "@types/js-cookie": "npm:^3.0.2"
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "npm:^9.0.0"
     "@types/lodash": "npm:^4.17.0"
@@ -11104,7 +11075,6 @@ __metadata:
     express-rate-limit: "npm:^5.1.3"
     filenamify: "npm:^4.1.0"
     fs-extra: "npm:^11.1.1"
-    fuzzyset: "npm:^1.0.5"
     fuzzysort: "npm:^1.1.4"
     glob: "npm:^10.3.3"
     googleapis: "npm:^108.0.0"
@@ -11143,7 +11113,6 @@ __metadata:
     papaparse: "npm:^5.3.1"
     prettier: "npm:^3.2.5"
     progress: "npm:^2.0.3"
-    prop-types: "npm:^15.7.2"
     randomstring: "npm:^1.3.0"
     react: "npm:^17.0.2"
     react-animate-height: "npm:^3.1.1"
@@ -11165,7 +11134,6 @@ __metadata:
     react-select: "npm:^5.8.0"
     react-tag-autocomplete: "npm:^7.1.0"
     react-zoom-pan-pinch: "npm:^2.1.3"
-    reflect-metadata: "npm:^0.1.13"
     rxjs: "npm:6"
     s-expression: "npm:^3.1.1"
     safe-stable-stringify: "npm:^2.4.1"
@@ -11177,7 +11145,6 @@ __metadata:
     simple-git: "npm:^3.16.1"
     simple-statistics: "npm:^7.3.2"
     string-pixel-width: "npm:^1.10.0"
-    stripe: "npm:^14.20.0"
     striptags: "npm:^3.2.0"
     svgo: "npm:^3.0.2"
     timezone-mock: "npm:^1.0.18"
@@ -11188,7 +11155,6 @@ __metadata:
     tsx: "npm:^4.10.2"
     typeorm: "npm:^0.3.20"
     typescript: "npm:~5.4.2"
-    unified: "npm:^9.0"
     unist-util-visit: "npm:^2.0.0"
     url-join: "npm:^4.0.0"
     url-parse: "npm:^1.5.10"
@@ -15434,10 +15400,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"owid-thumbnails@workspace:functions":
+"owid-functions@workspace:functions":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
-  resolution: "owid-thumbnails@workspace:functions"
+  resolution: "owid-functions@workspace:functions"
   dependencies:
+    "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry": "npm:^1.1.1"
+    "@cloudflare/workers-types": "npm:^4.20240512.0"
     "@ourworldindata/grapher": "workspace:^"
     "@ourworldindata/utils": "workspace:^"
     itty-router: "npm:^4.0.23"
@@ -17463,13 +17431,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"reflect-metadata@npm:^0.1.13":
-  version: 0.1.13
-  resolution: "reflect-metadata@npm:0.1.13"
-  checksum: 10/732570da35d2d96f8fdd5aac60fb263aa92f6512eaded5962b052bd9e90f22a9dec5aaf0d7ff4bfe97646c9530e8444e8435c2d80b24d0bdf938b5d47f6f5b83
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "reflect-metadata@npm:^0.2.1":
   version: 0.2.2
   resolution: "reflect-metadata@npm:0.2.2"
@@ -19745,7 +19706,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"unified@npm:^9.0, unified@npm:^9.0.0":
+"unified@npm:^9.0.0":
   version: 9.2.2
   resolution: "unified@npm:9.2.2"
   dependencies: