diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f49b6f7..e796a73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Thumbs.db
 .settings/
 .vscode/*
 !.vscode/extensions.json
-!.vscode/launch.json
-!.vscode/settings.json
-!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.shared.json
+!.vscode/settings.shared.json
+!.vscode/tasks.shared.json
 *.launch
 *.sublime-workspace
 /.idea
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index c1d11f1..37471d4 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         // Integrates the dprint code formatter into the editor
         "dprint.dprint",
 
+        // Enables us to have a shared Visual Studio configuration, while allowing each user to locally add or overwrite settings
+        "Swellaby.workspace-config-plus",
+
         // Adds useful features for editing Markdown tables
         "TakumiI.markdowntable",
 
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.shared.json
similarity index 68%
rename from .vscode/settings.json
rename to .vscode/settings.shared.json
index ace795b..747ae06 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.shared.json
@@ -31,21 +31,11 @@
         "**/obj": true,
     },
 
-    // Configures the nesting of files that belong together in the explorer (the nested files are not expanded by default); this configuration nests
-    // all Node.js-related configuration files under the "package.json" file, and all linter and code formatter configuration files under the
-    // ".editorconfig" file
-    "explorer.fileNesting.enabled": true,
-    "explorer.fileNesting.expand": false,
-    "explorer.fileNesting.patterns": {
-        ".editorconfig": ".gitattributes, .gitignore, dprint.json",
-        "README.md": "CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTORS.md, LICENSE, TODO.md",
-    },
-
     // Specifies which Git branches are protected in this repository, Visual Studio will prevent users from committing to these branches (this only
     // works for the commit feature that is built into Visual Studio Code and not in the terminal)
     "git.branchProtection": [
         "main",
-        "staging",
+        "development",
     ],
 
     // Specifies that Visual Studio Code should always open the merge editor when a file is opened that has conflicts, instead of the code editor
@@ -91,22 +81,4 @@
         "https://schemastore.azurewebsites.net/": true,
         "https://www.schemastore.org/": true,
     },
-
-    // Configures the icon theme to be VSCode Icons and adapts the icons of certain files and directories for the VSCode Icons plugin
-    "workbench.iconTheme": "vscode-icons",
-    "vsicons.associations.files": [
-        { "icon": "dal", "extensions": ["CHANGELOG.md"], "filename": true, "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "docz", "extensions": ["README.md"], "filename": true, "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "janet", "extensions": ["CONTRIBUTORS.md"], "filename": true, "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "todo", "extensions": ["TODO.md"], "filename": true, "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "vscode", "extensions": [".vscode/extensions.json", ".vscode/settings.json"], "filename": true, "format": "svg" },
-    ],
-    "vsicons.associations.folders": [
-        { "icon": "app", "extensions": ["sample-app"], "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "cli", "extensions": ["clinet-core"], "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "coverage", "extensions": ["linters"], "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "github", "extensions": ["workflows"], "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "template", "extensions": ["design"], "format": "svg" },
-        { "icon": "test", "extensions": ["unit-tests"], "format": "svg" },
-    ],
 }
diff --git a/dprint.json b/dprint.json
index cf5d9a5..87718a2 100644
--- a/dprint.json
+++ b/dprint.json
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@
         "jsonTrailingCommaFiles": [
             ".cspell.json",
             ".vscode/extensions.json",
-            ".vscode/settings.json",
-            ".vscode/tasks.json",
+            ".vscode/launch.local.json",
+            ".vscode/launch.shared.json",
+            ".vscode/settings.local.json",
+            ".vscode/settings.shared.json",
+            ".vscode/tasks.local.json",
+            ".vscode/tasks.shared.json",
             "dprint.json",
         ],
     },
diff --git a/tests/linters/.cspell.json b/tests/linters/.cspell.json
index cd1d69c..b4d21ea 100644
--- a/tests/linters/.cspell.json
+++ b/tests/linters/.cspell.json
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
         "markdowntable",
         "Neumann",
         "slnx",
+        "Swellaby",
         "Takumi",
         "unreviewed",
         "vsicons",