Early in my career, I frequently encountered the classic issue: "It works in dev, but it's broken in prod!" 😩 If you're a developer or sysadmin, you’ve likely experienced this too.

Back then, I used Vagrant 🖥️ for virtualization, which allowed me to create virtual machines to replicate the production environment as closely as possible. While this helped with some issues, there were still discrepancies.

As I evolved my approach, I shifted to containerization. Now, I mainly rely on Docker and Docker Compose 🐳 for my local environments, which allow for isolated, standardized setups. With Docker Compose, I can easily manage multi-service environments with a single YAML file.

For more complex environments and at scale, I adopted Kubernetes to handle orchestration. Kubernetes automates deployment, scaling, and management, ensuring my applications behave consistently across environments.

Since adopting this setup, environment discrepancies between dev and prod have been minimized. 🙌

How do you handle syncing dev and prod environments? Do you use tools like Vagrant, Docker, or Kubernetes? Share your experiences and solutions! 💬👇