diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
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+
+FROM ubuntu:21.04
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Following https://github.com/zouzias/docker-boost/blob/master/Dockerfile
+
+ENV BOOST_VERSION=1.77.0
+ENV BOOST_VERSION_=1_77_0
+ENV BOOST_ROOT=/usr/include/boost
+
+RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get install -q -y software-properties-common
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
+RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get install -qy g++ gcc git wget cmake libspdlog-dev python3 python3-pip gdb libssl-dev
+
+RUN wget --max-redirect 3 https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/${BOOST_VERSION}/source/boost_${BOOST_VERSION_}.tar.gz
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/include/boost && tar zxf boost_${BOOST_VERSION_}.tar.gz -C /usr/include/boost --strip-components=1
+
+RUN mkdir /home/app
+WORKDIR /home/app
+
+RUN echo ${BOOST_ROOT}
+ENTRYPOINT /bin/bash
diff --git a/start_dev_env.sh b/start_dev_env.sh
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+
+if [[ "$(docker images -q cpp_dev_env:latest 2> /dev/null)" == "" ]]; then
+    docker build -f Dockerfile.dev . -t cpp_dev_env
+fi
+
+
+docker run -ti --rm -v ${PWD}:/home/app cpp_dev_env bash