diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3aae539..860c72f 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 **/.toolstarget
 **/.vs
 **/.vscode
+**/.direnv
+**/.cpcache
+**/.clj-kondo
+**/.github
 **/*.*proj.user
 **/*.dbmdl
 **/*.jfm
diff --git a/dev/user.clj b/dev/user.clj
index fe69a81..8e154df 100644
--- a/dev/user.clj
+++ b/dev/user.clj
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
 ;; ignore patterns
   (def patterns (docker/dockerignore-patterns (slurp "/Users/slim/vonwig/nodejs-service/.dockerignore")))
   (docker/dockerignore-matches (assoc patterns :path "node_modules/hey"))
+  (docker/dockerignore-matches (assoc patterns :path "nodes"))
+  (docker/dockerignore-matches (assoc patterns :path "Dockerfile"))
+  (docker/dockerignore-matches (assoc patterns :path "blah/crap/npm-debug.log"))
+  (docker/dockerignore-matches (assoc patterns :path "blah/.vscode/hello.txt"))
+  (docker/dockerignore-matches (assoc patterns :path "src/jim/main.clj"))
+                                                                
 
 ;; parse image names using github.com/docker/distribution
 ;; turns golang structs into clojure maps
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index da99bfc..a1a0712 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
         "systems": "systems"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1687173957,
-        "narHash": "sha256-GOds2bAQcZ94fb9/Nl/aM+r+0wGSi4EKYuZYR8Dw4R8=",
+        "lastModified": 1693833206,
+        "narHash": "sha256-wHOY0nnD6gWj8u9uI85/YlsganYyWRK1hLFZulZwfmY=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "devshell",
-        "rev": "2cf83bb31720fcc29a999aee28d6da101173e66a",
+        "rev": "65114ea495a8d3cc1352368bf170d67ef005aa5a",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
         "systems": "systems_2"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1687171271,
-        "narHash": "sha256-BJlq+ozK2B1sJDQXS3tzJM5a+oVZmi1q0FlBK/Xqv7M=",
+        "lastModified": 1692799911,
+        "narHash": "sha256-3eihraek4qL744EvQXsK1Ha6C3CR7nnT8X2qWap4RNk=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "abfb11bd1aec8ced1c9bb9adfe68018230f4fb3c",
+        "rev": "f9e7cf818399d17d347f847525c5a5a8032e4e44",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1660459072,
-        "narHash": "sha256-8DFJjXG8zqoONA1vXtgeKXy68KdJL5UaXR8NtVMUbx8=",
+        "lastModified": 1694102001,
+        "narHash": "sha256-vky6VPK1n1od6vXbqzOXnekrQpTL4hbPAwUhT5J9c9E=",
         "owner": "hercules-ci",
         "repo": "gitignore.nix",
-        "rev": "a20de23b925fd8264fd7fad6454652e142fd7f73",
+        "rev": "9e21c80adf67ebcb077d75bd5e7d724d21eeafd6",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@
     },
     "nix-filter": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1687178632,
-        "narHash": "sha256-HS7YR5erss0JCaUijPeyg2XrisEb959FIct3n2TMGbE=",
+        "lastModified": 1693833173,
+        "narHash": "sha256-hlMABKrGbEiJD5dwUSfnw1CQ3bG7KKwDV+Nx3bEZd7U=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "nix-filter",
-        "rev": "d90c75e8319d0dd9be67d933d8eb9d0894ec9174",
+        "rev": "ac030bd9ba98e318e1f4c4328d60766ade8ebe8b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_3": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1686960236,
-        "narHash": "sha256-AYCC9rXNLpUWzD9hm+askOfpliLEC9kwAo7ITJc4HIw=",
+        "lastModified": 1694183432,
+        "narHash": "sha256-YyPGNapgZNNj51ylQMw9lAgvxtM2ai1HZVUu3GS8Fng=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "04af42f3b31dba0ef742d254456dc4c14eedac86",
+        "rev": "db9208ab987cdeeedf78ad9b4cf3c55f5ebd269b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1691541352,
-        "narHash": "sha256-huAnvD9/udU6uZh3iEDLENA8duB0qaF1GQhPUcHHssA=",
+        "lastModified": 1694327967,
+        "narHash": "sha256-CqfRNT/qgi4LZyKvQ5qICGw8wO6XSTDEhix6WgSd1bc=",
         "owner": "slimslenderslacks",
         "repo": "nix-modules",
-        "rev": "e7964c84c7e07c0c93143d70a9fca1de1d132992",
+        "rev": "48f36793aae23dac470755f3182043626c4ddad4",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {