chore: gitignore and repo cleanup

.gitignore

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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Virtual environments
+venv/
+.env/
+.venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+*.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# PEP 582 (used by eg. pipx)
+__pypackages__/
+
+# PyCharm / VS Code settings
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+
+# Local config
+*.env
+*.ini
+*.toml
+*.cfg
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+
+# Mac/Linux/Windows system files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+