diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b095a6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM library/node:lts-bookworm
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN apt update \
+    && apt install -y --no-install-recommends sudo \
+    && apt autoremove -y \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && echo "node ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >/etc/sudoers.d/node \
+    && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/node
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52828b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "Basic Node.js",
+  "build": { "dockerfile": "Dockerfile" },
+"remoteUser": "node",
+"features": {
+	"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {
+		"installTools": true,
+		"version": "3.11"
+	},
+	"ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/curl-apt-get:1": {},
+	"ghcr.io/jungaretti/features/ripgrep:1": {},
+	"ghcr.io/warrenbuckley/codespace-features/sqlite:1": {}
+}
+}
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b1892ede..5463d1aa 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@
 *.TXT	eol=crlf
 *.diz	eol=crlf
 *.DIZ	eol=crlf
+
+# Don't mess with shell script line endings
+*.sh text eol=lf
+
+# Same thing for optutil.js which functions as a shell script
+optutil.js text eol=lf
+
+# The devcontainer is also unix
+.devcontainer/Dockerfile text eol=lf
+.devcontainer/devcontainer.json text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b55cbcfa..2d3facac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ logs/
 mail/
 node_modules/
 docs/_site/
-docs/.sass-cache/
-.vscode/
+docs/.sass-cache/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c52eeffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "node",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Launch Program",
+            "skipFiles": [
+                "<node_internals>/**"
+            ],
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/main.js"
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file