We have always used local.{site}.com as a sub domain rather than tld. Makes CORS rules simpler, and we actually have a real dns record pointing to 127.0.0.1 so

We have always used local.{site}.com as a sub domain rather than tld. Makes CORS rules simpler, and we actually have a real dns record pointing to 127.0.0.1 so we don't have to bother with HOSTS