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-FROM alpine:3.12
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+FROM codercom/code-server:latest
+
+USER root
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV DEFAULT_WORKSPACE=/workspace
+ENV DOCKER_USER=code
+
+# Define persistent volumes for /home and /workspace
+VOLUME ["/home", "/workspace"]
+
+# Install development tools with optimization for minimal package installs
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        git \
+        curl \
+        wget \
+        vim \
+        zsh \
+        tmux \
+        htop \
+        tree \
+        jq \
+        unzip \
+        zip \
+        gcc \
+        g++ \
+        make \
+        cmake \
+        python3 \
+        python3-pip \
+        python3-venv && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*