Rancher Desktop

Adopted in favor of Docker Desktop. Rock solid, simple, and focused mainly on Kubernetes — which matters since Kubernetes is already part of the adopted stack. No update-related breakage, no need to wipe containers and volumes and start over.

The local development split: Docker Compose covers simple, low-complexity multi-container setups. Rancher Desktop takes over as the local Kubernetes toolkit once a project's needs get more advanced and closer to production topology.