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Jim Bennett
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1192
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English
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Summary

liblab is a software development company that aims to increase productivity by providing tools and services to help developers build better solutions. The company's product, liblab, generates dev containers for SDKs (Software Development Kits), allowing developers to start using them instantly. Dev containers are pre-configured isolated development environments that can be run locally or in the cloud, with all necessary tools and configuration pre-installed. They were designed to solve the setup problem of different languages and configurations, providing a reliable and consistent environment for development and deployment. The dev container concept is based on the idea of creating a self-contained environment that can be easily reproduced and shared among team members, reducing conflicts and errors caused by incompatible tool versions or local machine settings. liblab's solution uses a configuration file called `devcontainer.json` to define the container image and any necessary configurations, allowing developers to create their own environments quickly and easily. The company also provides a CLI tool that can automatically generate client libraries in multiple languages for any API.