diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index fde8f53..2b4e4d7 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: v0.0.44
+_commit: v0.0.46
 _src_path: gh:LabAutomationAndScreening/copier-python-package-template
 create_docs: true
 description: Agent to upload files to cloud
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index c35e653..572b25e 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         },
         "ruff.nativeServer": "on",
         // TODO: see if there's a way to specify different configurations for different folders
-        "ruff.configuration": "/workspaces/cloud-courier/ruff-test.toml", // use the test configuration since it's less restrictive and won't show false positives and underline things
+        "ruff.configuration": "${workspaceFolder}/ruff-test.toml", // use the test configuration since it's less restrictive and won't show false positives and underline things
         "[jsonc][json][javascript][typescript][graphql][css][scss][html][vue]": {
           "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
           "editor.formatOnSave": true
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@
   "initializeCommand": "sh .devcontainer/initialize-command.sh",
   "onCreateCommand": "sh .devcontainer/on-create-command.sh",
   "postStartCommand": "sh .devcontainer/post-start-command.sh"
-  // Devcontainer context hash (do not manually edit this, it's managed by a pre-commit hook): 97460cab # spellchecker:disable-line
+  // Devcontainer context hash (do not manually edit this, it's managed by a pre-commit hook): d3c847e5 # spellchecker:disable-line
 }
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index 91c235f..965f34a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 services:
   devcontainer:
+    # added the platform flag to override any local settings since this image is only compatible with linux/amd64.
+    platform: linux/amd64
     build:
       context: .
       args:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7300be..aa35964 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,5 +76,10 @@ dist
 # Logs
 *.log
 **/logs/log*.txt
+**/logs/*.log.*
+
+# macOS dev cleanliness
+*.DS_Store
+.DS_Store
 
 # Ignores specific to this repository
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b3568c9..155673d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ repos:
               template/.copier-answers.yml.jinja-base|
               template/template/.copier-answers.yml.jinja|
               template/.copier-answers.yml.jinja|
+              .*generated/graphql.ts|
               .devcontainer/devcontainer-lock.json|
               .copier-answers.yml|
               .*\.xml|