diff --git a/.devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer.json
index 0a5f693..1da397a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,45 @@
+// Visual Studio Code Development Container configuration file
+// https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/devcontainerjson-reference
 {
-    "dockerFile": "Dockerfile",
-    "extensions": [
-		"knisterpeter.vscode-github",
-		"github.vscode-pull-request-github"
-	]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    // Docker build instructions
+    "name": "Docker foundations",
+    "build": {
+        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
+    },
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            // Visual Studio Code extensions
+            "extensions": [
+				"davidanson.vscode-markdownlint",
+                "github.vscode-github-actions",
+				"github.vscode-pull-request-github",
+                "ms-python.flake8",
+				"ms-python.pylint",
+				"ms-python.python",
+				"ms-python.vscode-pylance",
+				"ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
+				"redhat.vscode-yaml",
+				"streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker"
+			],
+            // Visual Studio Code environment configuration
+            "settings": {
+                // Set the default terminal application to bash
+                "#terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux#": "/bin/bash",
+                // Customize YAML formatting
+                "[yaml]": {
+                    "editor.insertSpaces": true,
+                    "editor.tabSize": 2,
+                    "editor.autoIndent": "keep",
+                    "editor.quickSuggestions": {
+                        "other": true,
+                        "comments": false,
+                        "strings": true
+                    }
+                },
+                // Set Python configuration for runtime, syntax analysis, and linting
+                "python.analysis.useImportHeuristic": true,
+                "python.pythonPath": "/usr/local/bin/python3"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mkdocs.yml b/.github/workflows/mkdocs.yml
index 1d51eca..9f5809d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mkdocs.yml
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Set up Python3
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
 
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements*.txt') }}
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy
         run: |
           git pull
-          mkdocs gh-deploy
\ No newline at end of file
+          mkdocs gh-deploy
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 642f208..b1e1962 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,56 +1,80 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
-# To update, run:
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
+# by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile requirements.in
 #
-click==8.0.1
+babel==2.14.0
+    # via mkdocs-material
+certifi==2023.11.17
+    # via requests
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+    # via requests
+click==8.1.7
     # via mkdocs
+colorama==0.4.6
+    # via mkdocs-material
 ghp-import==2.1.0
     # via mkdocs
-importlib-metadata==5.0.0
-    # via mkdocs
-jinja2==3.0.1
-    # via mkdocs
-markdown==3.3.4
+idna==3.6
+    # via requests
+importlib-metadata==7.0.1
+    # via
+    #   markdown
+    #   mkdocs
+jinja2==3.1.3
+    # via
+    #   mkdocs
+    #   mkdocs-material
+markdown==3.5.2
     # via
     #   mkdocs
     #   mkdocs-material
     #   pymdown-extensions
-markupsafe==2.0.1
-    # via jinja2
+markupsafe==2.1.3
+    # via
+    #   jinja2
+    #   mkdocs
 mergedeep==1.3.4
     # via mkdocs
-mkdocs==1.2.3
+mkdocs==1.5.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   mkdocs-material
-mkdocs-material==7.1.6
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   mkdocs-material-extensions
-mkdocs-material-extensions==1.0.1
+mkdocs-material==9.5.3
+    # via -r requirements.in
+mkdocs-material-extensions==1.3.1
     # via mkdocs-material
-packaging==21.3
+packaging==23.2
     # via mkdocs
-pygments==2.9.0
+paginate==0.5.6
     # via mkdocs-material
-pymdown-extensions==10.0
+pathspec==0.12.1
+    # via mkdocs
+platformdirs==4.1.0
+    # via mkdocs
+pygments==2.17.2
+    # via mkdocs-material
+pymdown-extensions==10.7
     # via mkdocs-material
-pyparsing==3.0.9
-    # via packaging
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
     # via ghp-import
-pyyaml==5.4.1
+pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   mkdocs
     #   pymdown-extensions
     #   pyyaml-env-tag
 pyyaml-env-tag==0.1
     # via mkdocs
+regex==2023.12.25
+    # via mkdocs-material
+requests==2.31.0
+    # via mkdocs-material
 six==1.16.0
     # via python-dateutil
-watchdog==2.1.9
+urllib3==2.1.0
+    # via requests
+watchdog==3.0.0
     # via mkdocs
-zipp==3.8.1
+zipp==3.17.0
     # via importlib-metadata