diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+"name": "FastAPI Demo Container",
+"build": {
+    "dockerfile": "../Dockerfile",
+    "args": {
+        "IMAGE": "python:3.11",
+        "context": ".."
+    }
+},
+"customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+        "extensions": [
+            "ms-python.python",
+            "bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss",
+            "otovo-oss.htmx-tags"
+        ]
+    }
+},
+"postCreateCommand": "pip install -r requirements.txt"
+}
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+SUBSCRIPTION="ca-jaymiller-demo-test"
+RESOURCEGROUP="appsvc_linux_centralus"
+LOCATION="centralus"
+PLANNAME="appsvc_linux_centralus"
+PLANSKU="F1"
+SITENAME="fastapi-tinydb"
+RUNTIME="PYTHON|3.11"
+
+# login supports device login, username/password, and service principals
+# see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest#az_login
+#az login
+# list all of the available subscriptions
+# az account list -o table
+#  set the default subscription for subsequent operations
+# az account set --subscription $SUBSCRIPTION
+# create a resource group for your application
+# az group create --name $RESOURCEGROUP --location $LOCATION
+# create an appservice plan (a machine) where your site will run
+# az appservice plan create --name $PLANNAME --location $LOCATION --is-linux --sku $PLANSKU --resource-group $RESOURCEGROUP
+# create the web application on the plan
+# specify the node version your app requires
+# az webapp create --name $SITENAME --plan $PLANNAME --runtime $RUNTIME --resource-group $RESOURCEGROUP
+# To set up deployment from a local git repository, uncomment the following commands.
+# first, set the username and password (use environment variables!)
+# USERNAME=""
+# PASSWORD=""
+# az webapp deployment user set --user-name $USERNAME --password $PASSWORD
+
+# now, configure the site for deployment. in this case, we will deploy from the local git repository
+# you can also configure your site to be deployed from a remote git repository or set up a CI/CD workflow
+# az webapp deployment source config-local-git --name $SITENAME --resource-group $RESOURCEGROUP
+
+# the previous command returned the git remote to deploy to
+# use this to set up a new remote named "azure"
+# git remote add azure "https://$USERNAME@$SITENAME.scm.azurewebsites.net/$SITENAME.git"
+# push master to deploy the site
+# git push azure master
+
+# browse to the site
+# az webapp browse --name $SITENAME --resource-group $RESOURCEGROUP
+
+az webapp config set --resource-group $RESOURCEGROUP --name $SITENAME --startup-file="build.sh"
+# az webapp up --resource-group $RESOURCEGROUP --name $SITENAME --startup-file="uvicorn app:app --host 0.0.0.0"
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+uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0
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