chore: introduce dev containers

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/typescript-node
+{
+	"name": "Node.js & TypeScript",
+	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:0-18",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/pnpm:2": {}
+	},
+
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	// "features": {},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	"forwardPorts": [3000],
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "npm i -g turbo && pnpm install && git config --global core.editor 'code --wait'",
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	"customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "root"
+}

.gitignore

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 node_modules
 .pnp
 .pnp.js
+.pnpm-store/
 
 # testing
 coverage

.vscode/extensions.json

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 	// See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=827846
 	// for the documentation about the extensions.json format
 	"recommendations": [
-		"dbaeumer.vscode-eslint"
-	]
+    "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
+    "ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers"
+  ]
 }

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 1. Node.js version installed, [latest LTS is recommended](https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/)
 2. Install pnpm
 
+### Using [devcontainer](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/create-dev-container)
+
+Devcontainers is an easy way to avoid "works on my machine" situations. Essentially, the development happens in a Docker container.
+
+1. Make sure you've got Docker installed on your machine
+2. Do install the recommended by VSCode extensions
+3. Click "Reopen in Container" button in a popup
+
 ## How to start developing?
 
 Clone the repo and install the needed dependencies for all the packages by following these steps:
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/mattpocock/ts-error-translator.git
 cd ts-error-translator
-pnpm
+pnpm install
 pnpm dev # This will run the next app
 ```