diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 39783d2e..9610539a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 *.pyc
 *.sw?
 *~
 \#*
 .\#*
 .coverage
 .eggs/
 resources/test/
 __pycache__
 version.txt
 swh.web.egg-info
 docs/build/
 docs/uri-scheme.md
 docs/dev-info.md
 db.sqlite3
+.vscode/
+
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bb75e3ad..00000000
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,208 +0,0 @@
-{
-    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
-    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Python",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": true,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "program": "${file}",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "PySpark",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": true,
-            "osx": {
-                "pythonPath": "${env:SPARK_HOME}/bin/spark-submit"
-            },
-            "windows": {
-                "pythonPath": "${env:SPARK_HOME}/bin/spark-submit.cmd"
-            },
-            "linux": {
-                "pythonPath": "${env:SPARK_HOME}/bin/spark-submit"
-            },
-            "program": "${file}",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Python Module",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": true,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "module": "module.name",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Integrated Terminal/Console",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": true,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "program": "${file}",
-            "cwd": "",
-            "console": "integratedTerminal",
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "External Terminal/Console",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": true,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "program": "${file}",
-            "cwd": "",
-            "console": "externalTerminal",
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Django",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": true,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/manage.py",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "args": [
-                "runserver",
-                "--noreload",
-                "--nothreading"
-            ],
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput",
-                "DjangoDebugging"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Flask",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": false,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "program": "fully qualified path fo 'flask' executable. Generally located along with python interpreter",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "env": {
-                "FLASK_APP": "${workspaceRoot}/quickstart/app.py"
-            },
-            "args": [
-                "run",
-                "--no-debugger",
-                "--no-reload"
-            ],
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Flask (old)",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": false,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/run.py",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "args": [],
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Pyramid",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": true,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "args": [
-                "${workspaceRoot}/development.ini"
-            ],
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput",
-                "Pyramid"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Watson",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "stopOnEntry": true,
-            "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
-            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/console.py",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "args": [
-                "dev",
-                "runserver",
-                "--noreload=True"
-            ],
-            "env": {},
-            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Attach (Remote Debug)",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "attach",
-            "localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "remoteRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "port": 3000,
-            "secret": "my_secret",
-            "host": "localhost"
-        }
-    ]
-}
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