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title: Bridging the Local Kubernetes Gap for AI Developers
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 - platformengineeringday
 - keynote
 - sponsor
 - loft
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Basicly a short advert for their vind project/tool.

## BAseline

- Current local setup: KIND, K3D or simmilar tools
- Problem: Getting things like GPUs to work, manual image loading, no built-in loadbalancers
- Result: There is still a gap between local and prod 

## Their solution: vCluster in Docker (VIND)

- Features: Built-in LB, Sleep/wake, Pull-through Cache, Multi-Node Clusters, External Nodes (via VPN)
- USP: Platform UI