The Voiceflow team, led by Xavier Portilla Edo, Cloud and Infrastructure Team Lead, has adopted a hybrid development approach using Kubernetes and Telepresence to create a developer-friendly environment. They have shifted from running everything locally to utilizing cloud resources for heavy processes while keeping local processes minimal. This shift has reduced their local running resources from 30 gigabytes to around 100-200 megabytes, making it faster and more efficient by almost 10x. The team prioritizes automation to simplify workflows, and Xavier emphasizes the importance of standardization across engineering teams, DevOps, IT, and cloud teams to ensure a smooth collaboration and reduce silo creation. By adopting platform engineering approaches and focusing on standardization, the Voiceflow team has created an environment that makes developers' lives easier and increases productivity.