diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 4d10a2f..61d161c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@
         "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
         "georgykurian.laravel-ide-helper",
         "open-southeners.laravel-pint",
-        "eamodio.gitlens"
+        "eamodio.gitlens",
+        "oven.bun-vscode"
       ],
       "settings": {}
     }
   },
   "remoteUser": "sail",
   "initializeCommand": "sh .devcontainer/init.sh",
-  "postCreateCommand": "chown -R 1000:1000 /var/www/html 2>/dev/null || true && composer install"
+  "postCreateCommand": "chown -R 1000:1000 /var/www/html 2>/dev/null || true && composer install && bun install"
   // "forwardPorts": [],
   // "runServices": [],
   // "shutdownAction": "none",
diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 5c25b55..d17b931 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 [*.md]
 trim_trailing_whitespace = false
 
-[*.{yml,yaml}]
+[*.{yml,yaml,json}]
 indent_size = 2
 
 [docker-compose.yml]
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 81fd3da..2aaa4ad 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ APP_ENV=local
 APP_KEY=
 APP_DEBUG=true
 APP_URL=http://localhost
+API_URL=http://api.localhost
 
 LOG_CHANNEL=stack
 LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ DB_USERNAME=sail
 DB_PASSWORD=password
 
 BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
-CACHE_DRIVER=memcached
+CACHE_DRIVER=redis
 FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
 QUEUE_CONNECTION=database
 SESSION_DRIVER=database
@@ -58,3 +59,6 @@ VITE_PUSHER_SCHEME="${PUSHER_SCHEME}"
 VITE_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"
 
 INCLUDE_FRONTEND=true
+
+WWWGROUP=1000
+WWWUSER=1000
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7d9a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "bun",
+            "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Serve Frontend",
+            "program": "dev",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "stopOnEntry": false
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "bun",
+            "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Debug File",
+            "program": "${file}",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "stopOnEntry": false,
+            "watchMode": false
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "bun",
+            "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Run File",
+            "program": "${file}",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "noDebug": true,
+            "watchMode": false
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "bun",
+            "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "name": "Attach Bun",
+            "url": "ws://localhost:6499/",
+            "stopOnEntry": false
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c9684b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+	"version": "2.0.0",
+	"tasks": [
+    {
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "bun run build",
+      "group": {
+        "kind": "build",
+        "isDefault": true
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": ["$vite"],
+      "label": "Build Frontend",
+      "detail": "vite build"
+    }
+	]
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6730c43..3e2ab82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,63 +2,38 @@
 
 ## Development
 
-Uses docker via Laravel Sail. https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation#laravel-and-docker
+Uses Docker via Laravel Sail. https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation#laravel-and-docker
 
 On Windows, I highly suggest doing all development on WSL 2, using VSCode with the remote development extension.
 
-Automatically generated docs will be available at `http://localhost/docs/api`, and the Laravel development assistance thing will be at `http://localhost/telescope`.
+Also install the VSCode devcontainers extension for the easiest possible development environment setup.
 
-### Initial setup
-
-- Navigate to your project root
-- Create a shared docker network:
+Automatically generated docs will be available at http://localhost/docs/api, and the Laravel development assistance thing will be at http://localhost/telescope.
 
-```bash
-docker network create sail
-```
+### Environment
 
-- Install dependencies:
+Docker should be installed on your host machine. On Windows, install "Docker Desktop".
 
-```bash
-docker run --rm \
-    -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
-    -v "$(pwd):/var/www/html" \
-    -w /var/www/html \
-    laravelsail/php83-composer:latest \
-    composer install --ignore-platform-reqs
-```
+### Initial setup
 
-- Prepare your environment:
+- Open the project root in VSCode.
+- When prompted, reopen the project in a devcontainer.
 
-```bash
-echo -e "\nalias sail='sh $([ -f sail ] && echo sail || echo vendor/bin/sail)'" >> ~/.bashrc
-source ~/.bashrc
-```
-
-- Bootstrap your application:
-  
   This might take a while as it builds the docker containers.
 
-```bash
-sail up -d
-sail artisan initial-setup
-```
-
-The above will initialize the database, guide you through creating a user, and then guide you through creating an API token.
-
-- Start the frontend
+- Open a VSCode terminal and initiate the first setup command to bootstrap the database:
 
 ```bash
-sail npm i
-sail npm run dev
+php artisan initial-setup
 ```
 
-The above will install the frontend packages and start the dev server, allowing you to access the web UI at `http://localhost`.
+### Tasks
+
+To build the frontend in development mode, press F5 to run the "Serve Frontend" debug task. This boots the Vite server and opens the debug console. Given the default `.env` file, you can now visit http://localhost.
 
 ### Limitations
 
 There are some external services that the API relies on that are not yet public/integrated. As such, the following features are unavailable during development:
 
-- Any communication with game servers
 - Map switches
 - VPN checking (unless you configure with your own IPQualityScore credentials)
diff --git a/docker/8.3/Dockerfile b/docker/8.3/Dockerfile
index ae44ac6..596a5e3 100644
--- a/docker/8.3/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/8.3/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 LABEL maintainer="Taylor Otwell"
 
 ARG WWWGROUP
-ARG NODE_VERSION=20
+ARG NODE_VERSION=23
 ARG POSTGRES_VERSION=16
 
 WORKDIR /var/www/html
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ RUN apt-get update \
        php8.3-msgpack php8.3-igbinary php8.3-redis php8.3-swoole \
        php8.3-memcached php8.3-pcov php8.3-imagick php8.3-xdebug \
     && curl -sLS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin/ --filename=composer \
-    && curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg \
-    && echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_VERSION.x nodistro main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list \
+    && curl -fsSL "https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_$NODE_VERSION.x" -o nodesource_setup.sh \
+    && bash nodesource_setup.sh \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y nodejs \
     && npm install -g npm \