diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 3310019c..2e3b3a18 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -4,24 +4,33 @@
     "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
     "context": "..",
     "args": {
+      // Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Python version: 3, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6
+      // Append -bullseye or -buster to pin to an OS version.
+      // Use -bullseye variants on local on arm64/Apple Silicon.
       "VARIANT": "3.10-bullseye",
-      "INSTALL_NODE": "false",
+      // Options
       "NODE_VERSION": "lts/*"
     }
   },
   "customizations": {
     "vscode": {
+      // Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
       "settings": {
         "editor.formatOnPaste": false,
         "editor.formatOnSave": true,
         "editor.formatOnType": true,
         "python.formatting.provider": "black",
-        "python.testing.pytestArgs": ["tests"],
+        "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
+          "tests"
+        ],
         "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
         "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
-        "pylint.args": [],
+        "pylint.args": [
+
+        ],
         "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true
       },
+      // Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
       "extensions": [
         "charliermarsh.ruff",
         "ms-python.pylint",
@@ -33,6 +42,7 @@
       ]
     }
   },
-  "remoteUser": "vscode",
+  "remoteUser": "root",
+  "containerUser": "vscode",
   "postAttachCommand": ["pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt"]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9383cc04..00000000
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
-# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
-exclude: "CHANGELOG.md|.copier-answers.yml"
-default_stages: [commit]
-
-ci:
-  autofix_commit_msg: "chore(pre-commit.ci): auto fixes"
-  autoupdate_commit_msg: "chore(pre-commit.ci): pre-commit autoupdate"
-  autoupdate_schedule: weekly
-
-repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: no-commit-to-branch
-        args: ["--branch", "main"]
-  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.4.4
-    hooks:
-      - id: ruff
-        args:
-          - --fix
-      - id: ruff-format
-  - repo: https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen
-    rev: v3.26.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: commitizen
-        stages: [commit-msg]
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: check-json
-      - id: check-toml
-      - id: check-xml
-      - id: check-yaml
-      - id: detect-private-key
-  - repo: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry
-    rev: 1.8.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: poetry-check
-        args: ["--lock"]
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v4.0.0-alpha.8
-    hooks:
-      - id: prettier
-        args: ["--tab-width", "2"]
-  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.15.2
-    hooks:
-      - id: pyupgrade
-        args: [--py37-plus]
-  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.2.6
-    hooks:
-      - id: codespell
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.10.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: mypy
-        additional_dependencies: []