diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f58110bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:22
+
+CMD [ "sleep", "infinity" ]
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index db0980a7..f458a255 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
-  "dockerComposeFile": "../docker-compose.yml",
+  "dockerComposeFile": ["docker-compose.yml"],
   "service": "devcontainer",
   "workspaceFolder": "/workspace",
   "forwardPorts": [8080],
-  "postCreateCommand": "npm install",
+  "postStartCommand": "./.devcontainer/postStartCommand.sh",
   "customizations": {
     "vscode": {
       "extensions": [
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
         "eamodio.gitlens",
         "vitest.explorer",
         "mongodb.mongodb-vscode"
-      ]
+      ],
+      "settings": {
+        "git.autofetch": true
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bacc6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: '3.8'
+services:
+  devcontainer:
+    container_name: boilerplate-backend-devcontainer
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: ./.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      EXAMPLE: ${EXAMPLE}
+
+    volumes:
+      - ..:/workspace:cached
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postStartCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/postStartCommand.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fbef141b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/postStartCommand.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+npm ci
+cat README.md
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 25222ebb..700a25d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ node_modules
 .idea
 .vscode
 .DS_Store
+**/.env
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c42da845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict = true
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ee66ca32..0b07b6bf 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
         "pino-pretty": "^13.0.0",
         "typescript": "^5.8.2",
         "vitest": "^3.0.8"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^22||^24",
+        "npm": "~10.9"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@apidevtools/json-schema-ref-parser": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0801a7c6..d1b440f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "main": "src/main.ts",
   "type": "module",
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "description": "",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node src/main.ts",
     "start:dev": "node --watch src/main.ts",
@@ -16,9 +19,10 @@
     "test:e2e:db": "vitest --config ./test/config/vitest.e2e-db.ts",
     "test:memory": "vitest --config ./test/config/vitest.memory.ts"
   },
-  "author": "",
-  "license": "ISC",
-  "description": "",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "^22||^24",
+    "npm": "~10.9"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-sqs": "^3.758.0",
     "@hono/node-server": "^1.12.0",