diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index 59cec508..3301cdb8 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: v0.0.62
+_commit: v0.0.63
 _src_path: gh:LabAutomationAndScreening/copier-base-template.git
 description: Copier template for creating Python libraries and executables
 python_ci_versions:
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index a17817a9..54061737 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@
   "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): 3cf424d8 # spellchecker:disable-line
+  // Devcontainer context hash (do not manually edit this, it's managed by a pre-commit hook): 68bd5592 # spellchecker:disable-line
 }
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index ce301fcb..5f5bc615 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 f7300be2..aa359644 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/extensions/context.py b/extensions/context.py
index 630e648b..f30bdea5 100644
--- a/extensions/context.py
+++ b/extensions/context.py
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ def hook(self, context: dict[Any, Any]) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         context["copier_version"] = "9.8.0"
         context["copier_template_extensions_version"] = "0.3.2"
         context["sphinx_version"] = "8.1.3"
-        context["pulumi_version"] = "3.188.0"
-        context["pulumi_aws_version"] = "7.3.1"
-        context["pulumi_aws_native_version"] = "1.31.0"
+        context["pulumi_version"] = "3.189.0"
+        context["pulumi_aws_version"] = "7.4.0"
+        context["pulumi_aws_native_version"] = "1.32.0"
         context["pulumi_command_version"] = "1.1.0"
         context["pulumi_github_version"] = "6.7.3"
         context["pulumi_okta_version"] = "4.20.0"
-        context["boto3_version"] = "1.40.6"
+        context["boto3_version"] = "1.40.9"
         context["ephemeral_pulumi_deploy_version"] = "0.0.4"
         context["pydantic_version"] = "2.11.7"
         context["pyinstaller_version"] = "6.13.0"
diff --git a/template/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml.jinja b/template/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml.jinja
index 33d3d89c..28dfd1af 100644
--- a/template/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml.jinja
+++ b/template/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml.jinja
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {% raw %}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/template/.gitignore b/template/.gitignore
index f7300be2..aa359644 100644
--- a/template/.gitignore
+++ b/template/.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