diff --git a/.devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96182dcfe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer.json
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+{
+    "name": "Dev Container Definition - AWS JSII",
+    "build": {
+        "dockerfile": "superchain/Dockerfile",
+        "context": ".",
+        "target": "superchain",
+        "args": {
+            "BUILDPLATFORM": "linux/amd64",
+            "TARGETPLATFORM": "linux/amd64",
+            "BUILD_TIMESTAMP": "unknown",
+            "REGISTRY": "docker.io/library",
+            "COMMIT_ID": "head"
+        }
+    },
+    "containerUser": "root",
+    "remoteUser": "root",
+    "postCreateCommand": "yarn install && yarn build",
+    "extensions": [
+        "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint@2.1.5"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+node_modules
+.env
+maven-repo