diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:jammy
+
+ARG PIXI_VERSION=v0.51.0
+
+RUN curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/pixi -fsSL --compressed "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/${PIXI_VERSION}/pixi-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-musl" \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pixi \
+    && pixi info
+
+# set some user and workdir settings to work nicely with vscode
+USER vscode
+WORKDIR /home/vscode
+
+RUN echo 'eval "$(pixi completion -s bash)"' >> /home/vscode/.bashrc
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+    "name": "my-project",
+    "build": {
+      "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+      "context": "..",
+    },
+    "customizations": {
+      "vscode": {
+        "settings": {},
+        "extensions": ["ms-python.python", "charliermarsh.ruff", "GitHub.copilot"]
+      },
+      "codespaces": {
+        "openFiles": [
+          "README.md",
+          "_InstructionSiteUpdates.md"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "features": {
+      "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {}
+    },
+    "mounts": ["source=${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}-pixi,target=${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.pixi,type=volume"],
+    "postCreateCommand": "sudo chown vscode .pixi && pixi install"
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
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+{
+    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "html",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "pixi run html",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": false
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "clean",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "pixi run clean",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": false
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "live",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "pixi run live",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+} 
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