Remove Unused Backend Dependencies

[JamesEjembi]

Task

Audit and remove unused backend dependencies.

Scope

• Check dependency files
• Remove unused packages
• Clean build artifacts
• Update lock files

Acceptance Criteria

• No unused dependencies
• Clean build output
• Reduced build time

[telemarkdigital-publisher]

I would like to work on this issue if still available.

Plan:

• Audit backend dependency usage against imports, package scripts, and runtime configuration.
• Remove only dependencies that are demonstrably unused and keep the lockfile consistent.
• Run the repo's install/build/lint/test checks available locally to catch accidental removals.

Expected verification: package-manager install/check commands available in the repo, backend build/lint/tests if present, and git diff --check.

[github-actions]

@telemarkdigital-publisher has been assigned to this issue! 🎉

You can now start working on it. Good luck!

[telemarkdigital-publisher]

Submitted PR #227 for this assigned issue: #227

Scope: removes unused direct backend dependencies (@noble/ed25519, @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node, cors, dotenv) and unused direct devDependency (@opentelemetry/core), keeps transitive OpenTelemetry lock entries needed by SDK packages, updates npm/pnpm lockfiles, and refreshes README dependency notes.

Validation: git diff --check; package JSON/lock JSON parse check; source/test search found no imports for the removed direct dependencies. npm run build could not complete locally because this workspace's current node_modules install is incomplete and npm install is blocked by the pre-existing redis@^4.9.0 resolution error.

[grantfox-oss]

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@telemarkdigital-publisher's PR #227 was approved and merged by @JamesEjembi.

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[telemarkdigital-publisher]

Thanks again for reviewing and merging this.

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