> if you can run a production Kubernetes cluster, you can also run a dev Kubernetes cluster When you have many developers, the cost for maintaining one dev clu

> if you can run a production Kubernetes cluster, you can also run a dev Kubernetes cluster When you have many developers, the cost for maintaining one dev cluster per developer quickly goes up. One cluster for all developers can be used for testing/staging, but not for development. Minikube is a replacement for your step (2), except you can now use your existing tools (kubectl etc) instead of docker-compose.