Describe the bug
when trying to debug the codebase using VSCode, i encoutered an issue with the existing .vscode/launch.json configuration. the debugger would not start properly when using the default node.js runtime.

Steps to Reproduce

• Clone the repo and install dependencies
• Try to run the debugger using the default Launch Program configuration in .vscode/launch.json (F5)
• Notice that breakpoints arent' hit or the debugger fails to launch as expected

Expected behavior
the VSCode debugger should launch allowing developers to step through typescript files in development.