VS Code Dev Container or Remote Setup Plan for Consistent Environments
Plan a reproducible development environment.
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Plan a consistent development environment using VS Code container or remote features. Project stack and dependencies: [STACK]. Problems today (works on my machine): [PROBLEMS]. Team operating systems and hardware: [SYSTEMS]. Security constraints: [SECURITY_CONSTRAINTS]. Compare local setup with a script, a dev container and a remote machine; recommend one, and say when the added complexity is not worth it for a small project. Describe the files needed in plain words (a container definition, a list of extensions, port forwarding, post-create commands) with a draft configuration marked [VERIFY]. Cover secrets (environment variables and a secrets store, never committed), data persistence, performance on different systems, and onboarding steps. Test plan: a new person builds the environment from scratch and times it; success is running the test suite without manual steps. Risks: large images and slow file access on some systems, with mitigations. Keep the plan to what one person can set up in a day, and say what to leave for later. List the three questions to ask the team about their machines before choosing.
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