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 == Getting Started ==
-Note: As of July 2016, we are starting the long process of switching from a Vagrant / Virtualbox development environment to a Docker development and deployment environment.  There are many issues and bad experiences with the Vagrant environment, and, since it will soon be retired, those will probably not be fixed.  During this transition, which may take the rest of 2016, it will be more difficult than we'd like to contribute code to MDN.
+Note: As of May 2017, we've moved to Docker for development, and are working on using it for deployment as well. It works reasonable well for backend development on a macOS or Linux environment. There are additional steps required for front-end development. No staff developers use Windows, and you will need previous Docker experience on Windows to get a development environment working.
-Some other projects that are in a better position for new developer volunteers:
+Staff developers are currently focused on a Dockerized production environment, and reducing existing technical debt. We aren't currently curating a list of good first bugs. Some other projects that are in a better position for new developer volunteers:
 * [https://github.com/mozilla/addons-server/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+bug%22 Add-ons Server]
 * [https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot/labels/good-first-bug TestPilot]