Debug log, logging improvements (#3159)

* simplify logging

* remove comment

* progress on debug.log

* add debug-level logger for file log

* simplify

* case insensitivity; 3rd party logging improvements

* simplify

* fix

* tests

* lint

* nits

* nit

* Update tests/test_utils_tee.py

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* cleanup / comments

* fix

* oops

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.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v0.12.12
     hooks:
     -   id: ruff
-        args: [--fix, --select, I]
+        args: [--fix]
     -   id: ruff-format
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
     rev: v1.17.1