diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index ed092cae..00000000
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/rust:latest
-
-USER vscode
-RUN cargo install --locked soroban-cli
-RUN rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
-
-# The following should be run at a project level:
-# soroban config network add testnet --rpc-url "http://host.docker.internal:8000/soroban/rpc" --network-passphrase "Test SDF Network ; September 2015"
-# soroban keys generate alice --network testnet
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index db8277df..478c9d1e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ Solarkraft is written in [TypeScript][]. It uses the standard development toolin
  - [prettier][] is the code formatter
  - [husky] is the hook manager that runs basic tests on git commits
 
+ ### 2.1 Dev containers
+
+To easily set up your dev environment, we provide VSCode [dev containers][].
+
+There is one for Solarkraft development in [`./solarkraft`](./solarkraft/.devcontainer/), and one for Soroban development in [`./ContractExamples`](./ContractExamples/.devcontainer/).
+
+To use the dev containers:
+
+0. Install [Docker](https://www.docker.com/).
+1. Open VSCode in the respective directory (e.g., `cd solarkraft/ && code .`).
+2. Install the [`Dev Containers` extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers) by Microsoft (VSCode may also prompt you to do this).
+3. Build and open the container by selecting **Dev Containers: Reopen in Container** in the VSCode command palette (`Ctrl-Shift-P`, or `Cmd-Shift-P` on macOS).
+
+
 ## 3. Basic development commands
 
 1. On the first run, install the required npm packages:
@@ -60,17 +74,10 @@ We are still discovering an optimal setup. The Soroban instructions are given in
 seem to build well on MacOS, owing to [this
 issue](https://discord.com/channels/1179099813879492721/1196869246429429960/1229764850591469649).
 
-To work around the above problem, we are using [VSCode dev containers][]:
-
-> This simply takes the Rust dev container from Microsoft and installs soroban-cli and the appropriate wasm target.
->
-> If the quickstart Docker image is run outside the container, its RPC endpoint is available as
-> http://host.docker.internal:8000/soroban/rpc.
-
-Further, see [Dockerfile](.devcontainer/Dockerfile).
-
+To work around these problems, you can use our dev containers (see above), to get a reproducible dev environment.
 
 
+[dev containers]: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/containers
 [TypeScript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
 [npm]: https://www.npmjs.com/
 [tsc]: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/compiler-options.html
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/ContractExamples/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
similarity index 50%
rename from .devcontainer/devcontainer.json
rename to ContractExamples/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 944074ed..455fb4d0 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/ContractExamples/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
-// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/rust
+// A dev container for working with Soroban smart contracts.
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json.
 {
 	"name": "Soroban",
-	"build": {
-		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
-	},
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/rust:latest",
 	"features": {
-		"ghcr.io/stuartleeks/dev-container-features/shell-history:0": {},
+		"ghcr.io/lee-orr/rusty-dev-containers/wasm32-unknown-unknown:0": {},
+		"ghcr.io/lee-orr/rusty-dev-containers/cargo-binstall:0": {
+			"packages": "soroban-cli"
+		},
+		"ghcr.io/stuartleeks/dev-container-features/shell-history:0": {}
 	},
 	"customizations": {
 		"vscode": {
 			"extensions": [
-				"rust-lang.rust-analyzer",
 				"vscodevim.vim"
 			],
 			"settings": {
diff --git a/solarkraft/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/solarkraft/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f760232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solarkraft/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// A dev container for developing Solarkraft.
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json.
+{
+	"name": "Solarkraft",
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:20-bookworm",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/java:1": {},
+		"ghcr.io/stuartleeks/dev-container-features/shell-history:0": {},
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/bash-command:1": {
+			"command": "wget -qO- https://github.com/informalsystems/apalache/releases/download/v0.44.10/apalache.tgz | sudo tar xz -C /opt/"
+		}
+	},
+	"customizations": {
+		"vscode": {
+			"extensions": [
+				"vscodevim.vim"
+			],
+			"settings": {
+				"extensions.ignoreRecommendations": true, // don't show recommendations for extensions
+				"terminal.integrated.copyOnSelection": true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
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