dev: add dev tools, pre-commit, Makefile, contributing, changelog, CI, and fix python version

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-case-conflict
+      - id: check-docstring-first
+      - id: debug-statements
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.12.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff
+        args: [--fix]
+      - id: ruff-format
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: v1.8.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: mypy
+        additional_dependencies: [types-PyYAML]
+        args: [--ignore-missing-imports]
+
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: pytest
+        name: pytest
+        entry: pytest
+        language: system
+        pass_filenames: false
+        always_run: true
+        stages: [manual]