Maybe not redundant because it’s just for testing, but you absolutely can run an entire stack like that on a decent laptop. You can even use Docker to run the s

Maybe not redundant because it’s just for testing, but you absolutely can run an entire stack like that on a decent laptop. You can even use Docker to run the same containers you run in production. I’ve run Kubernetes clusters in multiple Parallels VMs locally with work loads in them to play around. You also learn a ton about how things work which helps you debug and fix stuff when things go wrong. Even if you use managed stuff it’s always a huge plus to understand at least the basics of how it runs.