General Tips for Working With Kubernetes Locally

kubectx is a great tool for switching your kubectl between clusters. Also comes with kubens which helps you switch between namespaces.

kubectx
 > gke_captions-f6de9_us-central1_captions-cluster-0
   gke_captions-f6de9_us-central1_k1
   k1
   minikube
kubens k1
kubens default

Use stern for tailing logs for a service.

stern app-dev --container envoy

Use orbstack instead of docker desktop, which is literally malware. DO NOT USE DOCKER DESKTOP.

Use minikube or kind for running kubernetes locally to imitate your cluster for local development.