Local Kubernetes Dev — Part 2: Production-like environments — what and why

Short summary

A production-like local Kubernetes environment is not an exact copy of prod but a deliberate narrowing of the dev/prod gap: same k8s version, same backing service types, real manifests with requests/limits, probes, ConfigMaps/Secrets, and Ingress. Docker Compose is structurally not equivalent to k8s manifests — Kompose skips probes, limits, and secrets. The key principle is knowing exactly what matches prod, what doesn't, and why.

• •Docker Compose is not equivalent to Kubernetes manifests — key production properties are skipped
• •Production-like means same k8s version, backing services, manifests, probes, and secrets — not an exact prod copy
• •The goal is knowing precisely what matches prod and what doesn't, with deliberate simplifications

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