If you want to track single player progress or status, create a private group with only your player as a member.
I develop using Visual Studio Code and the Remote - Containers extension
See extensions in .devcontainer/devcontainer.json for other extensions. I don't know if they are active from the Remote - Containers or if you need to also install then yourself.
You will need to setup a MongoDB server (eg "mongo" docker image).
You will need to copy .env.production to .env and gamesweb/.env.production to gamesweb/.env.
Adjust .env to the correct url for your mongodb instance.