Developing for Kubernetes can feel like a daunting task for new developers. An easy way to reduce the barrier to entry is via the Kind project. Kind, which stands for Kubernetes In Docker, was originally developed to test Kubernetes itself and is a tool for running local clusters. In this talk, Alyssa will be showing how the Kubeflow Pipelines project leverages Kind for local development as well as CI, and how others could replicate similar experiences for their own cloud-native applications