diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index da025b0..597d1fa 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: v1.4.1
+_commit: v1.4.3
 _src_path: gh:lincc-frameworks/python-project-template
 author_email: scampos@andrew.cmu.edu
 author_name: Sandro Campos
diff --git a/.github/workflows/asv-main.yml b/.github/workflows/asv-main.yml
index a1b562b..0cc09df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/asv-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/asv-main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# This workflow will run benchmarks with airspeed velocity (asv)
-# and publish the results to a dashboard on GH Pages.
+# This workflow will run benchmarks with airspeed velocity (asv), 
+# store the new results in the "benchmarks" branch and publish them
+# to a dashboard on GH Pages.
 
 name: Run ASV benchmarks for main
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create ASV machine config file
         run: asv machine --machine gh-runner --yes
 
-      - name: Fetch results from "benchmarks" branch
+      - name: Fetch previous results from the "benchmarks" branch
         run: |
           if git ls-remote --exit-code origin benchmarks > /dev/null 2>&1; then
             git merge origin/benchmarks \
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run ASV for the main branch
         run: asv run ALL --skip-existing
 
-      - name: Submit new results to the "benchmarks" branch 
+      - name: Submit new results to the "benchmarks" branch
         uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4
         with:
           branch: benchmarks
diff --git a/.github/workflows/asv-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/asv-pr.yml
index 31deac5..9bcbfc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/asv-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/asv-pr.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
 
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
   WORKING_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/benchmarks
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
 
   setup-python:
@@ -84,24 +84,18 @@ jobs:
         env:
           STEP_URL: "${{ steps.jobs.outputs.html_url }}#step:8:1"
 
-      - name: Publish comment to PR
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      - name: Find benchmarks comment
+        uses: peter-evans/find-comment@v2
+        id: find-comment
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          comment-author: 'github-actions[bot]'
+          body-includes: view all benchmarks
+
+      - name: Create or update benchmarks comment
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          script: |
-            const fs = require('fs');
-            const path = require('path');
-
-            const workingDir = process.env.WORKING_DIR;
-            try {
-              process.chdir(workingDir);
-              const comment = fs.readFileSync('output', 'utf-8');
-              const { data } = await github.rest.issues.createComment({
-                ...context.repo,
-                issue_number: context.issue.number,
-                body: comment,
-              });
-              console.log('Comment published:', data.html_url);
-            } catch (err) {
-              console.error(err);
-            }
\ No newline at end of file
+          comment-id: ${{ steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id }}
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          body-path: ${{ env.WORKING_DIR }}/output
+          edit-mode: replace
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index c63e2b9..257190f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -16,16 +16,12 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
-
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-ci.yml
index f516a2c..8397877 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# This workflow runs pre-commit hooks to enforce code style.
-# It is triggered on pull requests to main.
+# This workflow runs pre-commit hooks on pull requests to enforce coding style.
+# To ensure correct configuration, please refer to:
+#   https://lincc-ppt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/practices/ci_precommit.html
 
 name: Run pre-commit hooks
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
index 928fdca..52f72ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ name: Unit test smoke test
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: 45 6 * * *
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 176607d..a7c3220 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -147,4 +147,5 @@ benchmarks/html
 
 # Airspeed Velocity performance results
 _results/
-_html/
\ No newline at end of file
+_html/
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6f405c9..93da1a1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+fail_fast: true
 repos:
 
     # Compare the local template version to the latest remote template version
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ repos:
         entry: jupyter nbconvert --clear-output
 
     # Run unit tests, verify that they pass. Note that coverage is run against
-    # the ./src directory here because that is what will be committed. In the 
+    # the ./src directory here because that is what will be committed. In the
     # github workflow script, the coverage is run against the installed package
     # and uploaded to Codecov by calling pytest like so:
     # `python -m pytest --cov=<package_name> --cov-report=xml`
@@ -57,34 +58,17 @@ repos:
         name: Validate pyproject.toml
         description: Verify that pyproject.toml adheres to the established schema.
 
-    # Run black to format code
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.7.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: black-jupyter
-        name: Run black (.py and .ipnyb files)
-        description: Auto-format code with black.
-        files: ^(src|tests|docs|benchmarks)/
-        language_version: python3.10
 
     # Automatically sort the imports used in .py files
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
     rev: 5.12.0
     hooks:
       - id: isort
-        name: Run isort (python files)
-        description: Sort and organize imports in .py files.
-        types: [python]
-        files: ^(src|tests|benchmarks)/
+        name: Run isort
+        description: Sort and organize imports in .py and .pyi files.
+        types_or: [python, pyi]
+
 
-    # Automatically sort the imports used in .ipynb files
-  - repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-    rev: 1.7.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: nbqa-isort
-        name: Run isort (jupyter notebooks)
-        files: ^docs/
-        args: ["--float-to-top"]
 
     # Analyze the src code style and report code that doesn't adhere.
   - repo: local
@@ -106,11 +90,11 @@ repos:
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
-        name: pylint (python files in tests/)
+        name: pylint (python files in tests/ and benchmarks/)
         entry: pylint
         language: system
         types: [python]
-        files: ^tests/
+        files: ^(tests|benchmarks)/
         args:
           [
             "-rn", # Only display messages
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmarks/__init__.py b/benchmarks/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from benchmarks/benchmarks/__init__.py
rename to benchmarks/__init__.py
diff --git a/benchmarks/asv.conf.json b/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
index d424481..9c5ff25 100644
--- a/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
+++ b/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
-    // The version of the config file format.  Do not change, unless
+    // The version of the config file format. Do not change, unless
     // you know what you are doing.
     "version": 1,
-    // The name of the project being benchmarked
+    // The name of the project being benchmarked.
     "project": "benchmarking-asv",
-    // The project's homepage
+    // The project's homepage.
     "project_url": "https://github.com/lincc-frameworks/benchmarking-asv",
     // The URL or local path of the source code repository for the
-    // project being benchmarked
+    // project being benchmarked.
     "repo": "..",
     // List of branches to benchmark. If not provided, defaults to "master"
     // (for git) or "tip" (for mercurial).
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
     "build_command": [
         "python -m build --wheel -o {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"
     ],
-    // The DVCS being used.  If not set, it will be automatically
+    // The DVCS being used. If not set, it will be automatically
     // determined from "repo" by looking at the protocol in the URL
     // (if remote), or by looking for special directories, such as
     // ".git" (if local).
     "dvcs": "git",
-    // The tool to use to create environments.  May be "conda",
+    // The tool to use to create environments. May be "conda",
     // "virtualenv" or other value depending on the plugins in use.
     // If missing or the empty string, the tool will be automatically
     // determined by looking for tools on the PATH environment
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
     "environment_type": "virtualenv",
     // the base URL to show a commit for the project.
     "show_commit_url": "https://github.com/lincc-frameworks/benchmarking-asv/commit/",
-    // The Pythons you'd like to test against.  If not provided, defaults
+    // The Pythons you'd like to test against. If not provided, defaults
     // to the current version of Python used to run `asv`.
     "pythons": [
         "3.10"
     ],
-    // The matrix of dependencies to test.  Each key is the name of a
+    // The matrix of dependencies to test. Each key is the name of a
     // package (in PyPI) and the values are version numbers.  An empty
     // list indicates to just test against the default (latest)
     // version.
@@ -45,28 +45,28 @@
         "packaging": []
     },
     // The directory (relative to the current directory) that benchmarks are
-    // stored in.  If not provided, defaults to "benchmarks"
-    "benchmark_dir": "benchmarks",
+    // stored in. If not provided, defaults to "benchmarks".
+    "benchmark_dir": ".",
     // The directory (relative to the current directory) to cache the Python
-    // environments in.  If not provided, defaults to "env"
+    // environments in. If not provided, defaults to "env".
     "env_dir": "env",
     // The directory (relative to the current directory) that raw benchmark
-    // results are stored in.  If not provided, defaults to "results".
+    // results are stored in. If not provided, defaults to "results".
     "results_dir": "_results",
     // The directory (relative to the current directory) that the html tree
-    // should be written to.  If not provided, defaults to "html".
+    // should be written to. If not provided, defaults to "html".
     "html_dir": "_html",
     // The number of characters to retain in the commit hashes.
     // "hash_length": 8,
     // `asv` will cache wheels of the recent builds in each
-    // environment, making them faster to install next time.  This is
+    // environment, making them faster to install next time. This is
     // number of builds to keep, per environment.
     "build_cache_size": 8
     // The commits after which the regression search in `asv publish`
     // should start looking for regressions. Dictionary whose keys are
     // regexps matching to benchmark names, and values corresponding to
     // the commit (exclusive) after which to start looking for
-    // regressions.  The default is to start from the first commit
+    // regressions. The default is to start from the first commit
     // with results. If the commit is `null`, regression detection is
     // skipped for the matching benchmark.
     //
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmarks/benchmarks.py b/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
similarity index 65%
rename from benchmarks/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
rename to benchmarks/benchmarks.py
index 1c23445..da2f974 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
-import random
-import time
-
 import benchmarking_asv as bench
 
 
-class TimeSuite:
-
+class TimeSuite: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     """An example benchmark that times the performance of various kinds
     of iterating over dictionaries in Python."""
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.d = {}
+
     def setup(self):
         self.d = {}
         for x in range(500):
             self.d[x] = None
 
     def time_keys(self):
+        """Time first method."""
         bench.example_module.run_time_computation()
 
     def time_iterkeys(self):
+        """Time second method."""
         bench.example_module.run_time_computation()
 
     def time_range(self):
+        """Time third method."""
         bench.example_module.run_time_computation()
 
     def time_xrange(self):
+        """Time fourth method."""
         bench.example_module.run_time_computation()
 
 
-class MemSuite:
+class MemSuite: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+    """An example benchmark that times memory consumption."""
+
     def mem_list(self):
         return bench.example_module.run_mem_computation()
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 971ed00..b9e5450 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,43 @@
 Welcome to benchmarking_asv's documentation!
 ========================================================================================
 
+Dev Guide - Getting Started
+---------------------------
+
+Before installing any dependencies or writing code, it's a great idea to create a
+virtual environment. LINCC-Frameworks engineers primarily use `conda` to manage virtual
+environments. If you have conda installed locally, you can run the following to
+create and activate a new environment.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   >> conda create env -n <env_name> python=3.10
+   >> conda activate <env_name>
+
+
+Once you have created a new environment, you can install this project for local
+development using the following commands:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   >> pip install -e .'[dev]'
+   >> pre-commit install
+   >> conda install pandoc
+
+
+Notes:
+
+1) The single quotes around ``'[dev]'`` may not be required for your operating system.
+2) ``pre-commit install`` will initialize pre-commit for this local repository, so
+   that a set of tests will be run prior to completing a local commit. For more
+   information, see the Python Project Template documentation on
+   `pre-commit <https://lincc-ppt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/practices/precommit.html>`_.
+3) Install ``pandoc`` allows you to verify that automatic rendering of Jupyter notebooks
+   into documentation for ReadTheDocs works as expected. For more information, see
+   the Python Project Template documentation on
+   `Sphinx and Python Notebooks <https://lincc-ppt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/practices/sphinx.html#python-notebooks>`_.
+
+
 .. toctree::
    :hidden:
 
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 5c0f7d8..62972b9 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-sphinx==6.1.3
-sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.0
-sphinx-autoapi==2.0.1
+sphinx
+sphinx-rtd-theme
+sphinx-autoapi
 nbsphinx
 ipython
 jupytext
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54a89f0..1ff2884 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ dev = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov", # Used to report total code coverage
     "pre-commit", # Used to run checks before finalizing a git commit
-    "sphinx==6.1.3", # Used to automatically generate documentation
-    "sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.0", # Used to render documentation
-    "sphinx-autoapi==2.0.1", # Used to automatically generate api documentation
+    "sphinx", # Used to automatically generate documentation
+    "sphinx-rtd-theme", # Used to render documentation
+    "sphinx-autoapi", # Used to automatically generate api documentation
     "pylint", # Used for static linting of files
     # if you add dependencies here while experimenting in a notebook and you
     # want that notebook to render in your documentation, please add the
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dev = [
     "ipython", # Also used in building notebooks into Sphinx
     "matplotlib", # Used in sample notebook intro_notebook.ipynb
     "numpy", # Used in sample notebook intro_notebook.ipynb
+    "asv==0.5.1", # Used to compute performance benchmarks
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -51,3 +52,6 @@ write_to = "src/benchmarking_asv/_version.py"
 testpaths = [
     "tests",
 ]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+omit=["src/benchmarking_asv/_version.py"]
diff --git a/src/.pylintrc b/src/.pylintrc
index ac138f1..3fd6eeb 100644
--- a/src/.pylintrc
+++ b/src/.pylintrc
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ good-names=i,
            k,
            ex,
            Run,
+           ra,
            _
 
 # Good variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
@@ -277,19 +278,19 @@ exclude-too-few-public-methods=
 ignored-parents=
 
 # Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
-max-args=5
+max-args=10
 
 # Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
-max-attributes=7
+max-attributes=20
 
 # Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement (see R0916).
 max-bool-expr=5
 
 # Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
-max-branches=12
+max-branches=20
 
 # Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
-max-locals=15
+max-locals=20
 
 # Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
 max-parents=7
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ indent-after-paren=4
 indent-string='    '
 
 # Maximum number of characters on a single line.
-max-line-length=100
+max-line-length=110
 
 # Maximum number of lines in a module.
 max-module-lines=1000
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ ignore-imports=yes
 ignore-signatures=yes
 
 # Minimum lines number of a similarity.
-min-similarity-lines=4
+min-similarity-lines=6
 
 
 [SPELLING]
diff --git a/tests/.pylintrc b/tests/.pylintrc
index c3cf2bf..4f41ec3 100644
--- a/tests/.pylintrc
+++ b/tests/.pylintrc
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ good-names=i,
            k,
            ex,
            Run,
+           ra,
            _
 
 # Good variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
@@ -277,19 +278,19 @@ exclude-too-few-public-methods=
 ignored-parents=
 
 # Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
-max-args=5
+max-args=10
 
 # Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
-max-attributes=7
+max-attributes=20
 
 # Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement (see R0916).
 max-bool-expr=5
 
 # Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
-max-branches=12
+max-branches=20
 
 # Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
-max-locals=15
+max-locals=30
 
 # Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
 max-parents=7
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ indent-after-paren=4
 indent-string='    '
 
 # Maximum number of characters on a single line.
-max-line-length=100
+max-line-length=110
 
 # Maximum number of lines in a module.
 max-module-lines=1000
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ ignore-imports=yes
 ignore-signatures=yes
 
 # Minimum lines number of a similarity.
-min-similarity-lines=4
+min-similarity-lines=6
 
 
 [SPELLING]
diff --git a/tests/benchmarking_asv/conftest.py b/tests/benchmarking_asv/conftest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000