diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efc793e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[profile.dev]
+# Preserve file and line information for backtraces while avoiding the cost of
+# generating per-variable debug information. Override with
+# CARGO_PROFILE_DEV_DEBUG=2 when inspecting locals in a native debugger.
+debug = "line-tables-only"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2614571d..c847af6fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ dist/
 
 # Editor / IDE
 .idea/
-.vscode/
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
 *.swp
 *.swo
 *~
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c39504ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "rust-analyzer.cargo.targetDir": true
+}