Use --no-deps

Prevent redundant package dep resolution that may result in errors

.devcontainer/dev_install

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cd /workspace
 python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
 # install or upgrade dependencies for development and testing
-pip install --upgrade -r requirements-dev.txt
+pip install --no-deps --upgrade -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 # install the package itself in edit mode:
 pip install -e .