diff --git a/.checkmake b/.checkmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90fc7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.checkmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[maxbodylength]
+disabled = true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-main.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb74a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+name: Test Incoming Changes
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  TERM: xterm-color
+  CM_BIN: /usr/local/bin/checkmake
+  CM_URL_LINUX: https://github.com/mrtazz/checkmake/releases/download/0.2.2/checkmake-0.2.2.linux.amd64 # yamllint disable-line
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  lint-and-test:
+    name: Run Linters, Vet and unit tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      SHELL: /bin/bash
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Go 1.22
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.22.5
+
+      - name: Disable default go problem matcher
+        run: echo "::remove-matcher owner=go::"
+
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+
+      - name: Extract dependent Pull Requests
+        uses: depends-on/depends-on-action@9e8a61fce18b15281e831f1bba0e14c71d1e1f46 # main
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Install checkmake
+        run: |
+          curl --location --output $CM_BIN --silent $CM_URL_LINUX
+          chmod +x $CM_BIN
+
+      - name: Install Shfmt
+        uses: mfinelli/setup-shfmt@031e887e39d899d773a7e9b6dd6472c2c23ff50d # v3.0.1
+
+      - name: Golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@aaa42aa0628b4ae2578232a66b541047968fac86 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          version: v1.59
+          args: --timeout 10m0s
+
+      - name: Checkmake
+        run: checkmake --config=.checkmake Makefile
+
+      - name: Hadolint
+        uses: hadolint/hadolint-action@54c9adbab1582c2ef04b2016b760714a4bfde3cf # v3.1.0
+        with:
+          dockerfile: Dockerfile
+          recursive: true
+
+      - name: Shfmt
+        run: shfmt -d scripts
+
+      - name: ShellCheck
+        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@00b27aa7cb85167568cb48a3838b75f4265f2bca # master
+
+      - name: Go vet
+        run: make vet
+
+      - name: Run Build
+        run: make build
+        env:
+          SHELL: /bin/bash
+
+      - name: Run Tests
+        run: make test
+        env:
+          SHELL: /bin/bash
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index dadff10..160a0dd 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ linters-settings:
   dupl:
     threshold: 100
   funlen:
-    lines: 50
-    statements: 30
-  gci:
-    local-prefixes: github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
+    lines: 60
+    statements: 45
   goconst:
     min-len: 4
     min-occurrences: 2
@@ -19,16 +17,13 @@ linters-settings:
     disabled-checks:
       - whyNoLint
   gocyclo:
-    min-complexity: 15
-  goimports:
-    local-prefixes: github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
-  gomnd:
+    min-complexity: 20
+  mnd:
     settings:
       mnd:
-        # don't include the "operation" and "assign"
+        # do not include the "operation" and "assign"
         checks: argument,case,condition,return
   govet:
-    check-shadowing: true
     settings:
       printf:
         funcs:
@@ -43,8 +38,10 @@ linters-settings:
   nolintlint:
     allow-leading-space: false # disallow leading spaces. A space means the //nolint comment shows in `godoc` output.
     allow-unused: false # report any unused nolint directives
-    require-explanation: false # don't require an explanation for nolint directives
+    require-explanation: false # do not require an explanation for nolint directives
     require-specific: true # require nolint directives to be specific about which linter is being skipped
+  exhaustive:
+    default-signifies-exhaustive: true
 linters:
   # please, do not use `enable-all`: it's deprecated and will be removed soon.
   # inverted configuration with `enable-all` and `disable` is not scalable during updates of golangci-lint
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ linters:
   enable:
     - bodyclose
     - dogsled
-    - dupl
     - errcheck
     - exhaustive
     - exportloopref
@@ -62,7 +58,7 @@ linters:
     - gocyclo
     - gofmt
     - goimports
-    - gomnd
+    - mnd
     - goprintffuncname
     - gosec
     - gosimple
@@ -70,10 +66,7 @@ linters:
     - ineffassign
     - lll
     - misspell
-    - nakedret
-    - noctx
     - nolintlint
-    - revive
     - rowserrcheck
     - staticcheck
     - stylecheck
@@ -82,8 +75,10 @@ linters:
     - unparam
     - unused
     - whitespace
-  # don't enable:
+  # do not enable:
   # - asciicheck
+  # - depguard
+  # - dupl
   # - gochecknoglobals
   # - gochecknoinits
   # - gocognit
@@ -91,8 +86,11 @@ linters:
   # - godox
   # - goerr113
   # - maligned
+  # - nakedret
   # - nestif
+  # - noctx
   # - prealloc
+  # - revive
   # - exportloopref
   # - structcheck
   # - testpackage
@@ -100,12 +98,25 @@ linters:
 issues:
   # Excluding configuration per-path, per-linter, per-text and per-source
   exclude-rules:
-    # Ignore magic numbers and inline strings in tests.
+    # Ignore magic numbers, inline strings and function length in tests.
     - path: _test\.go
       linters:
-        - gomnd
+        - mnd
         - goconst
-    # Ignore line length for string assignments (don't try and wrap regex definitions)
+        - funlen
+    - path: config/config.go
+      linters:
+        - mnd
+    - path: _scaling.go
+      linters:
+        - gocritic
+    - path: hugepages.go
+      linters:
+        - mnd
+    - path: scheduling.go
+      linters:
+        - mnd
+    # Ignore line length for string assignments (do not try and wrap regex definitions)
     - linters:
         - lll
       source: "^(.*= (\".*\"|`.*`))$"
@@ -119,6 +130,6 @@ issues:
 # golangci.com configuration
 # https://github.com/golangci/golangci/wiki/Configuration
 service:
-  golangci-lint-version: 1.52.x # use the fixed version to not introduce new linters unexpectedly
+  golangci-lint-version: 1.59.x # use the fixed version to not introduce new linters unexpectedly
   prepare:
     - echo "here I can run custom commands, but no preparation needed for this repo"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed39668..307d64d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 GOLANGCI_VERSION=v1.53.2
 
+.PHONY: all clean test build
+
 lint:
 	golangci-lint run
 # Install golangci-lint