The Archera team, formerly Reserved.ai, implemented a tool to accelerate their product feedback loop by improving collaboration between engineering and product teams. They researched various tools, including local development environments, collaborative development platforms, Kubernetes-specific solutions, and finally settled on Tilt, which offered quick and simple setup, clear documentation, native support for Kubernetes + Helm, live update capabilities, a UI for tracking build progress, reproducible snapshots, and aligns with their open-source values. With Tilt, the team was able to shorten their feedback loop, enabling rapid prototyping and usability experiments, and ultimately achieved their launch date ahead of schedule while being prepared to adjust during launch. The team is now integrating Tilt into their process and exploring additional capabilities to streamline local dev environments.