diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 29346b1..b97ce5b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,40 +1,47 @@
 APP_NAME="The Forge"
 APP_ENV=local
+
+# Generate a new key with: `php artisan key:generate`
 APP_KEY=
+
 APP_DEBUG=true
 APP_TIMEZONE=UTC
-APP_URL=http://localhost
+APP_URL=https://localhost
 APP_LOCALE=en
 APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE=en
 APP_FAKER_LOCALE=en_US
 
 VITE_APP_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
 
-# Much higher in production.
-BCRYPT_ROUNDS=12
+# Much higher in production
+BCRYPT_ROUNDS=4
 
 LOG_CHANNEL=stack
 LOG_STACK=single
 LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null
 LOG_LEVEL=debug
 
-# Due to the hub import script, only MySQL is supported at this time.
+# Only MySQL is supported at this time.
 DB_CONNECTION=mysql
 DB_HOST=mysql
 DB_PORT=3306
 DB_DATABASE=forge
 DB_USERNAME=forge
 DB_PASSWORD=password
+DB_CHARSET=utf8mb4
+DB_COLLATION=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci
 
-# This is only needed if you are running the app:import-hub command.
-# For normal development you should just seed the database with fake data:
-# `php artisan migrate:fresh --seed`
+# This is only needed if you are running the `artisan app:import-hub` command.
+# For normal development you should just seed the database with fake data by
+# running the command: `php artisan migrate:fresh --seed`
 DB_HUB_CONNECTION=mysql
 DB_HUB_HOST=
 DB_HUB_PORT=
 DB_HUB_DATABASE=
 DB_HUB_USERNAME=
 DB_HUB_PASSWORD=
+DB_HUB_CHARSET=utf8mb4
+DB_HUB_COLLATION=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci
 
 SESSION_DRIVER=redis
 SESSION_STORE=redis
@@ -44,21 +51,24 @@ SESSION_ENCRYPT=false
 SESSION_PATH=/
 SESSION_DOMAIN=null
 
+BROADCAST_CONNECTION=log
+
 FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
 ASSET_URL=http://localhost/storage
 ASSET_URL_LIVEWIRE=/vendor/livewire/livewire.js
 
-CACHE_STORE=redis
+CACHE_STORE=memcached
+
 QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis
 
 REDIS_HOST=redis
 REDIS_PASSWORD=null
 REDIS_PORT=6379
 REDIS_QUEUE=default
-REDIS_CACHE_CONNECTION=cache
 
 SCOUT_QUEUE=true
 SCOUT_DRIVER=meilisearch
+
 MEILISEARCH_HOST=http://meilisearch:7700
 MEILISEARCH_KEY=
 MEILISEARCH_NO_ANALYTICS=true
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
 
 NOVA_LICENSE_KEY=
 
-SAIL_XDEBUG_MODE=develop,debug,coverage
-
 OCTANE_SERVER=frankenphp
 OCTANE_HTTPS=true
+
+SAIL_XDEBUG_MODE=develop,debug,coverage