However, with many layers of abstraction and non-trivial costs to run even the smallest cloud-based cluster, the barriers to entry for an individual who wants to familiarize themselves with Kubernetes can be quite high. Over the past five years, Kubernetes (k8s) has risen to become the defacto standard for managing container orchestration at scale. kube/config on the Client to Point to the Server
TL DR: I set up Minikube on an old (2012) MacBook Air and configured it to be able to connect from outside my home network so I would have an always-on Kubernetes cluster at home to experiment with.
