diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a0aa2a33..54bf33ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 .aws-sam
-maze-runner.log
 maze_output
-Gemfile.lock
 
+# Python compiled files
 *.py[co]
+*.pyd
+__pycache__/
 
 # Packages
 *.egg
 *.egg*
 *.egg-info
+*.whl
 dist
 build
 eggs
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ pip-log.txt
 # Unit test / coverage reports
 .coverage*
 .tox
+.pytest_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
 htmlcov
 
 #Translations
@@ -45,3 +49,26 @@ bin
 include
 lib
 pyvenv.cfg
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+
+# Lock files
+*.lock
+
+# Environment & secrets
+.env
+.env.*
+
+# OS files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Ruby version manager (for Maze Runner local testing)
+.ruby-version
+
+# Gitleaks
+.gitleaks.toml
+.pre-commit-config.yaml
+.gitleaks-baseline.json
+