diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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index 000000000..449639e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+	"name": "Pumpkin",
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:noble",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/rust:1": {}
+	},
+	"mounts": [
+		// mount SSH config & public keys from host to enable SSH-based Git remotes
+		"source=${localEnv:HOME}${localEnv:USERPROFILE}/.ssh,target=/home/vscode/.ssh,readonly,type=bind"
+	],
+	"forwardPorts": [
+		25565
+	],
+	"customizations": {
+		"vscode": {
+			"extensions": [
+				"eamodio.gitlens",
+				"Swellaby.rust-pack"
+			]
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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index 000000000..f33a02cd1
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+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for more information:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+# https://containers.dev/guide/dependabot
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+ - package-ecosystem: "devcontainers"
+   directory: "/"
+   schedule:
+     interval: weekly
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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index 000000000..fe76a7dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "files.exclude": {
+        "**/.git": true,
+        "**/.svn": true,
+        "**/.hg": true,
+        "**/CVS": true,
+        "**/.DS_Store": true,
+        "**/Thumbs.db": true,
+        "target/": true,
+        "Cargo.lock": true
+    }
+}
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