Local dev for Kubernetes can be painful. Skaffold helped bridge that by automating the loop: build → push → deploy → verify.
We defined a
skaffold.yaml for our Spring Boot app and used:
- buildpacks for container builds
- kubectl for apply/delete
- skaffold dev to watch changesOutcome? Reduced our feedback cycle to seconds.
Still maturing, but already a time-saver for iterative development inside k8s clusters.