diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6aa06b8..0000000
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"name": "Ubuntu",
-	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:jammy",
-	"features": {
-		"ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/zig:1": {
-			"version": "master"
-		}
-	},
-	"customizations": {
-		"vscode": {
-			"extensions": [
-				"tiehuis.zig",
-				"AugusteRame.zls-vscode"
-			]
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b176ea..0000000
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "recommendations": [
-        "tiehuis.zig",
-        "augusterame.zls-vscode"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/Backend.zig b/src/backend/Backend.zig
index ef4e00f..5cba3de 100644
--- a/src/backend/Backend.zig
+++ b/src/backend/Backend.zig
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ pub fn Backend(comptime config: Config) type {
         };
 
         inline fn getSelf(interface: System) *Self {
-            return @ptrCast(*Self, @alignCast(@alignOf(Self), interface._ptr));
+            return @as(*Self, @ptrCast(@alignCast(interface._ptr)));
         }
 
         comptime {
diff --git a/src/backend/FileSystemBackend.zig b/src/backend/FileSystemBackend.zig
index 6cc5a87..76e8e9b 100644
--- a/src/backend/FileSystemBackend.zig
+++ b/src/backend/FileSystemBackend.zig
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn FileSystemBackend(comptime config: Config) type {
             break :blk permissions;
         };
 
-        const CWD = @ptrFromInt(*anyopaque, std.mem.alignBackward(std.math.maxInt(usize), @alignOf(View)));
+        const CWD: *anyopaque = @ptrFromInt(std.mem.alignBackward(std.math.maxInt(usize), @alignOf(View)));
 
         const Self = @This();
         const FileSystemType = Self;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub fn FileSystemBackend(comptime config: Config) type {
             };
             errdefer self.destroy();
 
-            try self.entries.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, @intCast(u32, fsd.entries.items.len));
+            try self.entries.ensureTotalCapacity(allocator, @intCast(fsd.entries.items.len));
 
             var opt_root: ?*Entry = null;
             var opt_cwd_entry: ?*Entry = null;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub fn FileSystemBackend(comptime config: Config) type {
 
         /// Cast the given `ptr` to a view if it is one.
         inline fn toView(self: *Self, ptr: *anyopaque) ?*View {
-            const view = @ptrCast(*View, @alignCast(@alignOf(View), ptr));
+            const view = @as(*View, @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr)));
             if (self.views.contains(view)) {
                 return view;
             }