diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.12-slim-bullseye
+
+# Dev dependencies
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y build-essential git libmagic1 libbz2-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev zlib1g-dev --no-install-recommends \
+  && apt-get clean \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.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/python
+{
+  "name": "Plone Coredev",
+  "build": { "dockerfile": "Dockerfile" },
+
+  // Use 'portsAttributes' to set default properties for specific forwarded ports.
+  // More info: https://containers.dev/implementors/json_reference/#port-attributes
+  "portsAttributes": {
+    "8080": {
+      "label": "Plone Backend",
+      "onAutoForward": "notify"
+    }
+  },
+
+  // Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+  "postCreateCommand": "make install && .venv/bin/zconsole run instance/etc/zope.conf setup-codespace.py"
+}
diff --git a/setup-codespace.py b/setup-codespace.py
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+import os
+import transaction
+
+CODESPACE_NAME = os.environ.get("CODESPACE_NAME", None)
+if CODESPACE_NAME:
+    DOMAIN = os.environ["GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN"]
+    hostname = f"{CODESPACE_NAME}-8080.{DOMAIN}"
+    app.virtual_hosting.set_map(f"localhost:8080/VirtualHostBase/https/{hostname}:443/VirtualHostRoot")
+    transaction.commit()