chore: add devcontainer support to ease developer workstation setup

Fixes #466

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@ These are one time installations required to be able to test your changes locall
 1. Install [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
 1. Have an [AI coding agent available](README.md#-supported-ai-agents)
 
+<details>
+<summary><b>💡 Hint if you are using <code>VSCode</code> or <code>Github Codespaces</code> as your IDE</b></summary>
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+<br>
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+Provided you have [Docker](https://docker.com) installed on your machine, you can leverage [Dev Containers](https://containers.dev) through this [VSCode extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers), to easily set up your development environment, with aforementioned tools already installed and configured, thanks to the `.devcontainer/devcontainer.json` file (located at the root of the project).
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+To do so, simply:
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+- Checkout the repo
+- Open it with VSCode
+- Open the [Command Palette](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface#_command-palette) and select "Dev Containers: Open Folder in Container..."
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+On [Github Codespaces](https://github.com/features/codespaces) it's even simpler, as it leverages the `.devcontainer/devcontainer.json` automatically upon opening the codespace.
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+</details>
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