Transitioning from development to production is always challenging. There's that underlying fear of overlooking something crucial, such as misconfigurations or misspelled environment variables, which can lead to broken systems. Tools like Kind and Minikube fall short of fully replicating production, leaving developers to rely on CI/CD pipelines or staging environments to verify their code before pushing it to production. These processes can be time-consuming, ranging from a few minutes to several hours. Waiting even a few minutes to test code can be frustrating for developers and hinder productivity.

Through the utilization of Kubernetes for creating development environments, developers can closely replicate production configurations and proactively tackle errors in the initial stages of development. This talk will walk you through how Kubernetes can be harnessed to empower development environments using an open-source project: Okteto CLI.

Attendees will gain insights into the benefits of Kubernetes-based development environments and witness a live demo on setting them up using Kubernetes clusters. By the end of the session, participants will have a clear understanding of how Kubernetes can enhance development workflows, minimize errors, and elevate software quality.