diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-# Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-FROM continuumio/miniconda3
-
-# Avoid warnings by switching to noninteractive
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-# This Dockerfile adds a non-root user with sudo access. Use the "remoteUser"
-# property in devcontainer.json to use it. On Linux, the container user's GID/UIDs
-# will be updated to match your local UID/GID (when using the dockerFile property).
-# See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root-user for details.
-ARG USERNAME=vscode
-ARG USER_UID=1000
-ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID
-
-# Copy environment.yml (if found) to a temp locaition so we update the environment. Also
-# copy "noop.txt" so the COPY instruction does not fail if no environment.yml exists.
-COPY environment.yml*  /tmp/conda-tmp/
-
-# Configure apt and install packages
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends apt-utils dialog 2>&1 \
-    #
-    # Verify git, process tools, lsb-release (common in install instructions for CLIs) installed
-    && apt-get -y install git openssh-client less iproute2 procps iproute2 lsb-release \
-    #
-    # Install TexLive and related utilities
-    && apt-get -y install texlive texlive-publishers texlive-science latexmk cm-super texlive-xetex \
-    #
-    # Install mamba to replace conda
-    && /opt/conda/bin/conda install -c conda-forge -y mamba \
-    #
-    # Update Python environment based on environment.yml (if present)
-    && if [ -f "/tmp/conda-tmp/environment.yml" ]; then /opt/conda/bin/mamba env update -n base -f /tmp/conda-tmp/environment.yml; fi \
-    && rm -rf /tmp/conda-tmp \
-    #
-    # Create a non-root user to use if preferred - see https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root-user.
-    && groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
-    && useradd -s /bin/bash --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID -m $USERNAME \
-    #
-    # [Optional] Add sudo support for the non-root user
-    && apt-get install -y sudo nano emacs vim \
-    && echo $USERNAME ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME\
-    && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
-    #
-    # Clean up
-    && apt-get autoremove -y \
-    && apt-get clean -y \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Switch back to dialog for any ad-hoc use of apt-get
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=dialog
diff --git a/pyml_cli/templates/project/{{ cookiecutter.__repo_name }}/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/pyml_cli/templates/project/{{ cookiecutter.__repo_name }}/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-# Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-FROM continuumio/miniconda3
-
-# Avoid warnings by switching to noninteractive
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-# This Dockerfile adds a non-root user with sudo access. Use the "remoteUser"
-# property in devcontainer.json to use it. On Linux, the container user's GID/UIDs
-# will be updated to match your local UID/GID (when using the dockerFile property).
-# See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root-user for details.
-ARG USERNAME=vscode
-ARG USER_UID=1000
-ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID
-
-# Copy environment.yml (if found) to a temp locaition so we update the environment. Also
-# copy "noop.txt" so the COPY instruction does not fail if no environment.yml exists.
-COPY environment.yml*  /tmp/conda-tmp/
-
-# Configure apt and install packages
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends apt-utils dialog 2>&1 \
-    #
-    # Verify git, process tools, lsb-release (common in install instructions for CLIs) installed
-    && apt-get -y install git openssh-client less iproute2 procps iproute2 lsb-release \
-    #
-    # Install TexLive and related utilities
-    && apt-get -y install texlive texlive-publishers texlive-science latexmk cm-super texlive-xetex \
-    #
-    # Install mamba to replace conda
-    && /opt/conda/bin/conda install -c conda-forge -y mamba \
-    #
-    # Update Python environment based on environment.yml (if present)
-    && if [ -f "/tmp/conda-tmp/environment.yml" ]; then /opt/conda/bin/mamba env update -n base -f /tmp/conda-tmp/environment.yml; fi \
-    && rm -rf /tmp/conda-tmp \
-    #
-    # Create a non-root user to use if preferred - see https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root-user.
-    && groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
-    && useradd -s /bin/bash --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID -m $USERNAME \
-    #
-    # [Optional] Add sudo support for the non-root user
-    && apt-get install -y sudo nano emacs vim \
-    && echo $USERNAME ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME\
-    && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
-    #
-    # Clean up
-    && apt-get autoremove -y \
-    && apt-get clean -y \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Switch back to dialog for any ad-hoc use of apt-get
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=dialog