Protecting Myself from Dependencies: Dev Container Setup

The past year Shai-Hulud et al have wreaked havoc on NPM, PyPI, and other package ecosystems. I have traditionally developed my hobby projects under my own user, managing tooling with asdf or mise , but this has now become untenable. A compromise in a single one of the countless dependency packages would allow access to my full home environment. To help put my mind at least somewhat at ease, I've…