[Enhancement] 2026 review alerts, update, new release

[bradtaniguchi]

Is your enhancement request related to a problem? Please describe.

Been a while since I looked at this repo, good time to look back at it and do some maintenance.

Describe the solution you'd like

• review dependabot alerts
• review issues
• review current codebase, updates dependencies

Additional context

Might create an "open-source schedule" so I can at least try to remind myself to look into the stuff I have out there.