diff --git a/.copier-answers.yaml b/.copier-answers.yaml
index 7edcecf..633cf9f 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yaml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: d814faa
+_commit: 2f83523
 _src_path: https://github.com/python-project-templates/base.git
 add_docs: true
 add_extension: js
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 60c1c9c..e2a24a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ __pycache__/
 *.exp
 *.lib
 
+# vcpkg
+vcpkg/
+vcpkg_installed/
+
 # Rust
 target
 target-capi
@@ -142,6 +146,7 @@ python_template_js/labextension
 
 # Emscripten SDK (locally installed)
 emsdk
+.pyodide_build/
 
 # Mac
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b30984..f009499 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ develop: develop-js develop-py  ## setup project for development
 
 .PHONY: requirements-py requirements-js requirements
 requirements-py:  ## install prerequisite python build requirements
-	python -m pip install --upgrade pip toml
-	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print("\n".join(c["build-system"]["requires"]))'`
-	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print(" ".join(c["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["develop"]))'`
+	uv pip install -r pyproject.toml --extra develop
 
 requirements-js:  ## install prerequisite javascript build requirements
 	cd js; pnpm install && npx playwright install