diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ac47e93b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# [Choice] Ubuntu version (use ubuntu-22.04 or ubuntu-18.04 on local arm64/Apple Silicon): ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-18.04
+ARG VARIANT=ubuntu-20.04
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/base:0-${VARIANT}
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential \
+  git \
+  g++ \
+  cmake \
+  bison flex \
+  libboost-all-dev \
+  libevent-dev \
+  libdouble-conversion-dev \
+  libgoogle-glog-dev \
+  libgflags-dev \
+  libiberty-dev \
+  liblz4-dev \
+  liblzma-dev \
+  libbz2-dev \
+  libsnappy-dev \
+  make \
+  zlib1g-dev \
+  binutils-dev \
+  libjemalloc-dev \
+  libssl-dev \
+  pkg-config \
+  libunwind-dev \
+  libelf-dev \
+  libdwarf-dev \
+  libsodium-dev \
+  libaio-dev \
+  libnuma-dev
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e72e52f04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+	"name": "Ubuntu",
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		// Update 'VARIANT' to pick an Ubuntu version: jammy / ubuntu-22.04, focal / ubuntu-20.04, bionic /ubuntu-18.04
+		// Use ubuntu-22.04 or ubuntu-18.04 on local arm64/Apple Silicon.
+		"args": { "VARIANT": "jammy" }
+	},
+	"runArgs": [
+		"--net=host"
+	  ],
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// "forwardPorts": [],
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	// "postCreateCommand": "uname -a",
+
+	// Comment out to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
+	"remoteUser": "vscode",
+	"customizations": {
+		"vscode": {
+			"extensions": [
+				"ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
+				"github.vscode-github-actions",
+				"ms-vscode.cpptools-themes",
+				"ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack",
+				"ms-vscode.makefile-tools"
+			]
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9dc75b30e5..8ca10f0e5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Backup and temporary files
 *~
 .*.swp
+.idea
+.vscode
 
 # Build directories generated by ./contrib/ scripts.
 build-cachelib/
@@ -14,9 +16,14 @@ build-googletest/
 build-sparsemap/
 build-wangle/
 
+build-mvfst/
+build-zstd/
+
 # Required source-code dependencies, fetched by ./contrib/ scripts.
 cachelib/external/fmt/
 cachelib/external/gflags/
 cachelib/external/glog/
 cachelib/external/googletest/
 cachelib/external/sparsemap/
+cachelib/external/fizz/
+cachelib/external/zstd/