diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index 4f187ace..d25be093 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: v0.0.14
+_commit: v0.0.16
 _src_path: gh:LabAutomationAndScreening/copier-base-template.git
 description: Copier template for creating Python libraries and executables
 python_ci_versions:
diff --git a/.devcontainer/windows-host-helper.sh b/.devcontainer/windows-host-helper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c4c2f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/windows-host-helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# If you are using a Windows host and you initially cloned the repository directly onto your hard drive, you may run into file permission issues when running copier updates. To avoid these, after initially building the devcontainer, run this from the repo root:
+# cp .devcontainer/windows-host-helper.sh ../
+# cd ..
+# bash windows-host-helper.sh <git-url>
+
+# If you're still having issues, make sure in Windows Developer Settings that you enabled Developer Mode, and also that you set your git config to have `core.autocrlf=false` and `core.symlinks=true` globally
+
+set -e  # Exit immediately on error
+
+if [ -z "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+  echo "Error: This script must be run with bash (e.g., 'bash windows-host-helper.sh')." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for the git URL argument
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <git-url>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+gitUrl="$1"
+
+# Extract repository name (removes .git suffix if present)
+repoName=$(basename "$gitUrl" .git)
+
+echo "Repo name extracted as '$repoName'"
+
+# Remove any existing subfolder with the repository name and recreate it
+rm -rf "./$repoName" || true # sometimes deleting the .venv folder fails
+rm -rf "./$repoName/*.md" # for some reason, sometimes md files are left behind
+mkdir -p "./$repoName"
+
+# Create a temporary directory for cloning
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+
+# Clone the repository into a subfolder inside the temporary directory.
+# This creates "$tmpdir/$repoName" with the repository's contents.
+git clone "$gitUrl" "$tmpdir/$repoName"
+
+# Enable dotglob so that '*' includes hidden files
+shopt -s dotglob
+
+# Move all contents (including hidden files) from the cloned repo to the target folder
+mv "$tmpdir/$repoName"/* "./$repoName/"
+
+# Clean up: remove the temporary directory
+rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+
+echo "Repository '$repoName' has been updated."
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 54e0475e..087267c7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ repos:
       - id: ruff-format
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint
-    rev: aaab3ccb541532d2bcdf0410ab93ff4fafc266f5 # frozen: v3.3.5
+    rev: 88543500c70e3aa303b6c0861e2a7a006673f6a8
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
         name: pylint
diff --git a/extensions/context.py b/extensions/context.py
index 3300d403..58d7256e 100644
--- a/extensions/context.py
+++ b/extensions/context.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def hook(self, context: dict[Any, Any]) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         context["uv_version"] = "0.6.6"
         context["pnpm_version"] = "10.6.3"
         context["pre_commit_version"] = "4.1.0"
-        context["pyright_version"] = "1.1.396"
+        context["pyright_version"] = "1.1.397"
         context["pytest_version"] = "8.3.4"
         context["pytest_randomly_version"] = "3.16.0"
         context["pytest_cov_version"] = "6.0.0"
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ def hook(self, context: dict[Any, Any]) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         context["gha_checkout"] = "v4.2.2"
         context["gha_setup_python"] = "v5.4.0"
         context["gha_cache"] = "v4.2.2"
-        context["gha_upload_artifact"] = "v4.6.1"
+        context["gha_upload_artifact"] = "v4.6.2"
+        context["gha_download_artifact"] = "v4.2.1"
+        context["gha_setup_buildx"] = "v3.10.0"
+        context["gha_docker_build_push"] = "v6.15.0"
         context["gha_configure_aws_credentials"] = "v4.1.0"
         context["gha_setup_node"] = "v4.3.0"
         context["gha_mutex"] = "1ebad517141198e08d47cf72f3c0975316620a65 # v1.0.0-alpha.10"
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ def hook(self, context: dict[Any, Any]) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         context["py312_version"] = "3.12.7"
         context["py313_version"] = "3.13.2"
 
+        context["debian_release_name"] = "bookworm"
+        context["alpine_image_version"] = "3.20"
+
         # Kludge to be able to help symlinked jinja files in the child and grandchild templates
         context["template_uses_vuejs"] = False
         context["template_uses_javascript"] = False
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ff66bb35..c8bf920f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pytest>=8.3.4",
     "pytest-cov>=6.0.0",
     "pytest-randomly>=3.16.0",
-    "pyright[nodejs]>=1.1.396",
+    "pyright[nodejs]>=1.1.397",
     "copier>=9.5.0",
     "copier-templates-extensions>=0.3.0"
 
diff --git a/template/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json.jinja b/template/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json.jinja
index 69b3add2..1eb5127a 100644
--- a/template/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json.jinja
+++ b/template/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json.jinja
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 {% endraw %}{% if is_child_of_copier_base_template is not defined and template_uses_vuejs is defined and template_uses_vuejs is sameas(true) %}{% raw %}
         // VueJS
         "vue.volar@2.2.8",
+{% endraw %}{% endif %}{% raw %}{% endraw %}{% if is_child_of_copier_base_template is not defined and template_uses_javascript is defined and template_uses_javascript is sameas(true) %}{% raw %}
+        // All javascript
+        "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint@3.0.13",
 {% endraw %}{% endif %}{% raw %}
 
         // Misc file formats
diff --git a/template/.devcontainer/windows-host-helper.sh b/template/.devcontainer/windows-host-helper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c4c2f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/.devcontainer/windows-host-helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# If you are using a Windows host and you initially cloned the repository directly onto your hard drive, you may run into file permission issues when running copier updates. To avoid these, after initially building the devcontainer, run this from the repo root:
+# cp .devcontainer/windows-host-helper.sh ../
+# cd ..
+# bash windows-host-helper.sh <git-url>
+
+# If you're still having issues, make sure in Windows Developer Settings that you enabled Developer Mode, and also that you set your git config to have `core.autocrlf=false` and `core.symlinks=true` globally
+
+set -e  # Exit immediately on error
+
+if [ -z "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+  echo "Error: This script must be run with bash (e.g., 'bash windows-host-helper.sh')." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for the git URL argument
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <git-url>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+gitUrl="$1"
+
+# Extract repository name (removes .git suffix if present)
+repoName=$(basename "$gitUrl" .git)
+
+echo "Repo name extracted as '$repoName'"
+
+# Remove any existing subfolder with the repository name and recreate it
+rm -rf "./$repoName" || true # sometimes deleting the .venv folder fails
+rm -rf "./$repoName/*.md" # for some reason, sometimes md files are left behind
+mkdir -p "./$repoName"
+
+# Create a temporary directory for cloning
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+
+# Clone the repository into a subfolder inside the temporary directory.
+# This creates "$tmpdir/$repoName" with the repository's contents.
+git clone "$gitUrl" "$tmpdir/$repoName"
+
+# Enable dotglob so that '*' includes hidden files
+shopt -s dotglob
+
+# Move all contents (including hidden files) from the cloned repo to the target folder
+mv "$tmpdir/$repoName"/* "./$repoName/"
+
+# Clean up: remove the temporary directory
+rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+
+echo "Repository '$repoName' has been updated."
diff --git a/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 54e0475e..087267c7 100644
--- a/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ repos:
       - id: ruff-format
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint
-    rev: aaab3ccb541532d2bcdf0410ab93ff4fafc266f5 # frozen: v3.3.5
+    rev: 88543500c70e3aa303b6c0861e2a7a006673f6a8
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
         name: pylint
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index bb8b5629..c6c514c1 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
+revision = 1
 requires-python = ">=3.12.7"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ dependencies = [
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "copier", specifier = ">=9.5.0" },
     { name = "copier-templates-extensions", specifier = ">=0.3.0" },
-    { name = "pyright", extras = ["nodejs"], specifier = ">=1.1.396" },
+    { name = "pyright", extras = ["nodejs"], specifier = ">=1.1.397" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=8.3.4" },
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = ">=6.0.0" },
     { name = "pytest-randomly", specifier = ">=3.16.0" },
@@ -357,15 +358,15 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyright"
-version = "1.1.396"
+version = "1.1.397"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "nodeenv" },
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/73/f20cb1dea1bdc1774e7f860fb69dc0718c7d8dea854a345faec845eb086a/pyright-1.1.396.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:142901f5908f5a0895be3d3befcc18bedcdb8cc1798deecaec86ef7233a29b03", size = 3814400 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/92/23/cefa10c9cb198e0858ed0b9233371d62bca880337f628e58f50dfdfb12f0/pyright-1.1.397.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:07530fd65a449e4b0b28dceef14be0d8e0995a7a5b1bb2f3f897c3e548451ce3", size = 3818998 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/80/be/ecb7cfb42d242b7ee764b52e6ff4782beeec00e3b943a3ec832b281f9da6/pyright-1.1.396-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c635e473095b9138c471abccca22b9fedbe63858e0b40d4fc4b67da041891844", size = 5689355 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/01/b5/98ec41e1e0ad5576ecd42c90ec363560f7b389a441722ea3c7207682dec7/pyright-1.1.397-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2e93fba776e714a82b085d68f8345b01f91ba43e1ab9d513e79b70fc85906257", size = 5693631 },
 ]
 
 [package.optional-dependencies]