Add STATUS.md and VS Code workspace recommendations

Handoff prep for moving development to VS Code: living progress
tracker, recommended extensions, and example workspace settings.

.vscode/settings.json.example

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+{
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+    "source.fixAll.eslint": "explicit"
+  },
+  "eslint.useFlatConfig": true,
+  "eslint.workingDirectories": [{ "mode": "auto" }],
+  "typescript.tsdk": "node_modules/typescript/lib",
+  "typescript.enablePromptUseWorkspaceTsdk": true,
+  "files.eol": "\n",
+  "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+  "search.exclude": {
+    "**/node_modules": true,
+    "**/.next": true,
+    "**/pnpm-lock.yaml": true
+  }
+}